The Dollar-a-Year Man

The Dollar-a-Year Man

The Dollar-a-Year Man

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The Dollar-a-Year Man

1921

0h 52m

7.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Hijinks surrounding the attendance of a Prince at a Yacht Club dinner.

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Cast & Crew

7 members

Acting

Roscoe Arbuckle

Franklin Pinney

Roscoe Arbuckle

Acting

Lila Lee

Peggy Bruce

Lila Lee

Acting

Winifred Greenwood

Kate Connelly

Winifred Greenwood

Acting

J.M. Dumont

Tipson Blair

J.M. Dumont

Directing

A. Edward Sutherland

The Prince

A. Edward Sutherland

Acting

Edwin Stevens

Colonel Bruce

Edwin Stevens

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Henry Johnson

General Oberano

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