Movie: By Hook or Crook

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Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell

Frederic Pritchard

Evelyn Greeley
Evelyn Greeley

Gloria Nevins

Jack Drumier
Jack Drumier

Frederic Pritchard Sr.

Frank Doane
Frank Doane

Smithson

Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil

Aunt Marie

Jennie Ellison
Jennie Ellison

Mrs. Pritchard

Alice Chapin
Alice Chapin

Mrs. Nevins

Henry Warwick
Henry Warwick

Henry Arnold

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    Pampered Frederic "Freddy" Pritchard, warned by his father that he must work or be disinherited, learns how to crack safes to help his girlfriend Gloria Nevins, whose villainous uncle holds security for the family jewels, as well as the right to vote on the disposition of the Nevins Motor Works. After Freddy steals the papers with the aid of his valet Smithson, Gloria's uncle locks him in a warehouse to prevent him from attending a crucial stockholders' meeting. Freddy escapes and saves the factory for Mrs. Nevins, who gives him power of proxy. Pritchard, Sr., pleased with his son, consents to Freddy's marriage to Gloria.

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    1918-09-09

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