A Favorite Fool

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A Favorite Fool

"In Which Eddie Foy Runs a Street Car and Gets into Trouble Generally"

1915

0h 20m

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Comedy

Overview

Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her place as trapeze woman in the show and get other work. She sends her brood to the poorhouse, and Foy, ignorant of her flock, makes love to her and is accepted.

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13 members

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Eddie Foy

The Tramp

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Polly Moran

The Widow Wallop

Polly Moran

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Charles Arling

The Ringmaster

Charles Arling

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Eddie Foy Jr.

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

Eddie Foy Jr.

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Charley Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

Charley Foy

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Mary Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

Mary Foy

Production

Bryan Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

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Josef Swickard

The Farmer

Josef Swickard

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Mae Busch

The Farmer's Daughter

Mae Busch

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Charley Chase

The Circus Spieler

Charley Chase

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Richard Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

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Madeline Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

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Irving Foy

One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)

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