''The Small Town Guy'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and Fred Tiden.Connelly p.411

Cast

as Ernest Gledhill *

as Eleanor Ramsdell * Fred Tiden as Swell Dresser * Mark Ellison as Slim McClearn * James F. Fulton as Major Dymon

References

Bibliography

* Robert B. Connelly. ''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 Lawrence C. Windom Essanay Studios films 1910s American films English-language comedy films {{1910s-US-film-stub