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The Wonderful Thing
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The Wonderful Thing

Nov 7, 1921
1h 24m
★ 0.0

Overview

Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs, the daughter of an American hog farmer, is schooled in France and comes to stay with an English family. There she brings a dose of reality to her snobby hosts.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

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Cast

Norma Talmadge

Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs

Norma Talmadge

Harrison Ford

Donald Mannerby

Harrison Ford

Julia Hoyt

Catherine Mannerby

Julia Hoyt

Howard Truesdale

James Sheridan Boggs

Howard Truesdale

Robert Agnew

Laurence Mannerby

Robert Agnew

Ethel Fleming

Dulcie Mannerby Fosdick

Ethel Fleming

Mabel Bert

Lady Sophia Alexandria Mannerby

Mabel Bert

Fanny Burke

Angelica Mannerby

Fanny Burke

Walter McEwen

'Smooth Bill' Carser

Walter McEwen

Charles Craig

General Lancaster

Charles Craig

Gordon Hume Smith

Gordon Hume Smith

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