Movie: Hick Manhattan

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Olin Howland
Olin Howland

Hugh Columbus McGinty

Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Flo Donahoe

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    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.

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    1918-09-01

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