The Boarding House Ham

The Boarding House Ham

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The Boarding House Ham

1916

0h 12m

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Comedy

Overview

Maggie De Cray and her daughter, Maybelle, run a theatrical boarding house. Horatio Payne is a star boarder. Olga Petrino, a vaudeville queen, arrives with her pet leopards. Horatio Payne makes eyes at Maybelle and incurs the enmity of Thomas Blake, a property man, who is fair Maybelle's intended.

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5 members

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Sidney Smith

Aristo

Sidney Smith

Acting

Charles Le Moyne

Horatio Payne

Charles Le Moyne

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Olga Celeste

Olga Petrino

Olga Celeste

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Miss McKeen

Maybelle

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Mrs. Prusche

Maybelle's Mother

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