It's a Great Life

It's a Great Life

It's a Great Life

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It's a Great Life

"A most extraordinary story of College life and Cannibal Islands."

1920

1h 0m

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Comedy

Overview

At a boys' boarding school, young Stoddard and his pal "The Wop" develop a scheme to get rich after "The Wop" finds a pearl in an oyster in a restaurant.

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9 members

Acting

Cullen Landis

Stoddard

Cullen Landis

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Molly Malone

Eloise Randall

Molly Malone

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Clara Horton

Lucille Graham

Clara Horton

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Otto Hoffman

Professor Mozier

Otto Hoffman

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Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Big Graham (as Ralph Bushman)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

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Howard Ralston

The Wop

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Thomas Persse

Professor Randall (as Tom Pearse)

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E.J. Mack

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John Lynch

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