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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Harry 'Snub' Pollard

The New Director

Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini

Mary - the Leading Lady

Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson

Julius Goldsmith - Film producer

William Gillespie
William Gillespie

Abe Silverstein - Film producer

Noah Young
Noah Young

Disgruntled director

George Rowe
George Rowe

Cameraman

Sammy Brooks
Sammy Brooks

Short actor playing doctor

Wally Howe
Wally Howe

Actor playing doctor

Charley Chase
Charley Chase

Actor wearing top hat

William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson

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    The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture.

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    1922-07-16

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