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The Godmother

Oct 8, 1912

0h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

Everything is arranged by Dick and his college chums to have their sweethearts from the city, with their chaperone, visit them to spend the day. At the eleventh hour the boys receive a telephone message from the girls informing them that their chaperone has disappointed them, and they will not be able to come. The boys are disconsolate. While they are deploring the matter, their tailor, the ninth part of a man, enters. Struck with a sudden idea, they seize him and compel him to impersonate Dick's godmother.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Vitagraph Company of America

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Cast

Tubby - First Boy

Hughie Mack

Dick - Second Boy

Warner Richmond

First Girl

Lucille Lee Stewart

Second Girl

Anita Stewart

Third Girl

Rosemary Theby

Fourth Girl

Beta Breuil

Fifth Girl

Edith Storey

Sixth Girl

Lillian Walker

The Tailor / The Godmother

Marshall P. Wilder

Third Boy

Edward Thomas

Fourth Boy

Herbert Barry

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