Sam Starling is invariably confident of his future, despite the fact that he is deep in debt, his wife is about to leave him over his failure to provide for the family, and his inventive money-making schemes always fall flat. When Sam sees...
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| Claire Windsor | ... |
Phoebe Starling
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| Owen Moore | ... |
Sam Starling
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| Bert Roach | ... |
Oscar Waters
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| Ned Sparks | ... |
Lucius Fenton
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| Phillips Smalley | ... |
J.B. Perkins
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| Dot Farley | ... |
Mrs. Chatterton
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| Kathleen Key | ... |
Vamp
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George Kuwa | ... |
Ah Foo
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Directed by
| Archie Mayo | ||
Written by
| Jessie Burns | ... | (adaptation) |
| Joseph Farnham | ... | (titles) (as Joe Farnum) |
| Fanny Hatton | ... | (scenario) |
| Frederic Hatton | ... | (scenario) |
| Rupert Hughes | ... | (story) |
| Bernard Vorhaus | ... | (adaptation) |
Cinematography by
| William H. Daniels | ... | (as William Daniels) |
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| Ben Lewis | ||
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| Cedric Gibbons | ||
| Merrill Pye | ||
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| André-ani | ||
| Kathleen Kay | ||
| Maude Marsh | ||
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1926) (United States) (theatrical)
- Jury Metro-Goldwyn (1927) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
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Sam Starling is invariably confident of his future, despite the fact that he is deep in debt, his wife is about to leave him over his failure to provide for the family, and his inventive money-making schemes always fall flat. When Sam sees his wife on board a luxury yacht being romanced by the captain, he sneaks aboard dressed as a woman and tries to lure the captain, who is really a liquor smuggler, away from his wife.
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| Taglines | He hadn't a penny, but lived like a lord! He rode in taxis only. He bought gifts for everybody. But he couldn't be bothered paying bills. So his wife left him flat, and he started out to make a million, and win her back. (Print Ad-Indianapolis Times, ((Indianapolis, Ind.)) 5 June 1926) See more » |
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| Movie Connections | Referenced in The Band Wagon (1953). See more » |