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Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels

Pat Clancy

Neil Hamilton
Neil Hamilton

Scoop Morgan

Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas

James Clayton

Alfred Allen
Alfred Allen

Michael Clancy

Spec O'Donnell
Spec O'Donnell

Spec

Mario Carillo
Mario Carillo

Maharajah

Maude Turner Gordon
Maude Turner Gordon

Mrs. Van Vleck

Ben Hall
Ben Hall

Benny

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    Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper's best cameraman, to quit in protest of the hiring of a woman. The Mercury hires Scoop, and there begins a heated rivalry between him and Pat. Pat gets a few lucky breaks and manages to get a beat on Scoop during her brief career. After she exposes the theft of a jewel from the turban of a visiting maharajah, she and Scoop are kidnapped by Clayton, the thief, and taken aboard his yacht. Rescued, she and Scoop find love and happiness.

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    1928-07-14

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