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Hick Manhattan(1918)
Status: Released
Date: 1918-09-01
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Time: 0h 20m
Overview:
This story revolves around a young woman who loses her job and a young man who has been unable to make a success as an art photographer. A fire breaks out in the house where the woman is rooming, and she rushes to the street en dishabille, just as the man appears. Immediately he has visions of a fortune, and persuades her to pose as a wild Greek girl. He has her arrested for performing Grecian dances in the street in her scanty attire.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Town and Country Films
Movie: Hick Manhattan
Top 2 Billed Cast
Olin Howland
Hugh Columbus McGinty
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Flo Donahoe
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