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directed by

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and starring Jack Gardner,

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and

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.Connelly p.353

Cast

* Jack Gardner as Tom Bain *

as Peggy Dinsmore * Frank Morris as Chub Dinsmore *

as Mr. Dinsmore

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke Essanay Studios films 1910s American films {{Silent-film-stub