The Dream Doll

The Dream Doll

The Dream Doll

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The Dream Doll

1917

0h 50m

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Romance

Overview

A. Knutt, a crack-brained chemist, discovers an elixir that will endow dolls with life. He does not know that it will change living persons to dolls. He shows his invention to the Toy King and his lovely daughter, and Ruby is overcome by the fumes and is changed into a doll, eloping with a doll lover and undergoing many strange adventures.

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4 members

Acting

Marguerite Clayton

Ruby

Marguerite Clayton

Acting

Rod La Rocque

Her Sweetheart

Rod La Rocque

Acting

John Cossar

Her Father

John Cossar

Acting

Robert Bolder

A. Knutt

Robert Bolder

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