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The Old-Fashioned Way

193471m

★ 7.2

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ComedyRomance

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

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Cast

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'

Joe Morrison

Joe Morrison

Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'

Baby LeRoy

Baby LeRoy

Albert Pepperday

Judith Allen

Judith Allen

Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'

Jan Duggan

Jan Duggan

Cleopatra Pepperday

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Marmaduke Gump

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Mrs. Wendelschaffer

Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Dick Bronson

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Samuel Ethridge

Bartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'

Lona Andre

Lona Andre

Girl in Audience (uncredited)

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