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Caught Short

7.019301h 15mNRMovieComedy

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and…

DirectorCharles Reisner
WritersJoseph H. Johnson·Willard Mack

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Cast · Directed by Charles Reisner

MDMarie Dressler
Marie Dressler
Marie Jones
PMPolly Moran
Polly Moran
Polly Smith
APAnita Page
Anita Page
Genevieve Jones
CMCharles Morton
Charles Morton
William Smith
TC
Thomas Conlin
Frankie
DH
Douglas Haig
Johnny
NP
Nanci Price
Priscilla
GM
Greta Mann
Sophy

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