''Stick to Your Story'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by

Harry Joe Brown Harry Joe Brown (September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972) was an American film producer, and earlier a theatre and film director. Biography Harry Joe Brown was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a producer, he had a partnership with ...

and starring Billy Sullivan, Bruce Gordon and

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.Munden p.765 It was distributed by the

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, the forerunner of

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Synopsis

The film follows the adventures of a cub

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whose impetuous manner almost gets him fired by his

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Cast

* Billy Sullivan as Scoop Martin * Bruce Gordon as Whipple *

Estelle Bradley Estelle may refer to: People * Estelle (given name), a female given name, including a list of people * Estelle (surname), a list of people * Estelle (musician), British singer/rapper Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 1980) * Princess Estelle, Duchess o ...

as Peggy Miles *

as Colonel Miles *

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as Copy O'Hara *

Barney Furey Charles Manford "Barney" Furey (September 7, 1886 – January 18, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1912 and 1937. He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, California.

as Number Seven *

Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ...

as Fanatic *

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as Reverend Brown

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1920s American films 1926 films 1920s action films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American action films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harry Joe Brown Rayart Pictures films {{1920s-US-film-stub