Movie: The Good for Nothing

Top 6 Billed Cast

Edwin August
Edwin August

Dick Evans - the Good for Nothing

Ormi Hawley
Ormi Hawley

Rosabel Jordan - Dick's Sweetheart

Arthur Matthews
Arthur Matthews

The Clergyman

Howard Truesdale
Howard Truesdale

Rosabel's Father - the Postmaster

Irving White
Irving White

Joshua Evans - Dick's Father

Guy Hedlund
Guy Hedlund

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    A social comedy in which the young Dick Evans is seen as a failure, and then tries to prove himself to his father and father-in-law as an editor.

  • Release Date

    1912-11-18

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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