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

10.0(1 votes)

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 featured cast members

Starring

Cullen Landis

Cullen Landis

Stoddard

Molly Malone

Molly Malone

Eloise Randall

Clara Horton

Clara Horton

Lucille Graham

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Professor Mozier

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Big Graham (as Ralph Bushman)

Howard Ralston

The Wop

Thomas Persse

Professor Randall (as Tom Pearse)

E.J. Mack

Small

John Lynch

Watchman

Creative team

Directed by: E. Mason Hopper
Written by: Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Mary Roberts Rinehart

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