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Some Boy

Jun 17, 1917

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Joyous Johnson is expelled from college and finds work as a publicity agent for the Coronado Hotel. At the hotel, he falls for Marjorie Milbank, a businesswoman visiting to discuss the sale of her Texas cattle ranch with Joyous's father. Unknown to Joyous, his father desperately needs Marjorie's ranch to save his failing packing house, but she refuses to sell. Joyous must navigate his new job and his father's business crisis while trying to win Marjorie's heart.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Joyous Johnson

George Walsh

Marjorie Milbank

Doris Pawn

William Johnson

Herschel Mayall

Arminta Simpkins

Caroline Rankin

Dotty Donald

Velma Whitman

Count I. Boccacio

Hector V. Sarno

Ned Milbank

Norbert A. Myles

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