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The Dumb-Bell

The Dumb-Bell

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Comedy
📜 Overview: The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released: 1922-07-16
⌚ Running Time: 9 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Harry 'Snub' Pollard original image
The New Director
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Marie Mosquini original image
Mary - the Leading Lady
Marie Mosquini
Charles Stevenson original image
Julius Goldsmith - Film producer
Charles Stevenson
William Gillespie original image
Abe Silverstein - Film producer
William Gillespie
Noah Young original image
Disgruntled director
Noah Young
George Rowe original image
Cameraman
George Rowe
Sammy Brooks original image
Short actor playing doctor
Sammy Brooks
Wally Howe original image
Actor playing doctor
Wally Howe
Charley Chase original image
Actor wearing top hat
Charley Chase
William B. Davidson original image
William B. Davidson
Lincoln Stedman original image
Lincoln Stedman

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