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Reckless Romance
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T. Roy Barnes
Jerry Warner
Harry Myers
Christopher Skinner
Wanda Hawley
Beatrice Skinner
Sylvia Breamer
Edith Somers
Tully Marshall
Judge Somers
Jack Duffy
Grandpa
Lincoln Plumer
Uncle Bellamy
Morgan Wallace
Harold Shrewsbury
George B. French
Lyman Webster
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Jerry Warner (Barnes) and Edith Somers (Breamer) are in love, but her father Judge Somers (Marshall) will not allow them to marry because he sees Jerry as a poor prospect. When Jerry's uncle sends him ten thousand dollars to set up a business Judge Somers tells him if he has that money at the end of six months, he can marry Edith. After several close calls all turns out all right for the lovebirds.
Release Date
1924-11-09
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8
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You'll laugh till you cry at Christopher Skinner (played by Harry Myers) in his futile pursuit of divorce evidence. If you miss this one you might as well give up seeing movies!
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