The Girl from Nowhere

Aug 5, 1928

0h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

Dress shop owner, Tillie Tucker, lands a job at a Hollywood film studio and brings her boyfriend and employee, Miss Boyle, out West.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Mack Sennett Comedies

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Cast

Tillie Tucker - Wardrobe Mistress

Daphne Pollard

Wilbur Ashcraft

Mack Swain

Constable Billy Barnes

Billy Bevan

Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner

Carole Lombard

Dot Farley

Sunshine Hart

Andy Clyde

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