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The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life.
5 / 10 IMDb March 18, 1928 1h 10m
The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.
Director
Runtime
1h 10m
Release Date
March 18, 1928
Genre
Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
No Language
Country
United States of America
Cast
Marie Dressler
as Annie Moore
Polly Moran
as Maggie Jiggs
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Jiggs
Jules Cowles
as Dinty Moore
Gertrude Olmstead
as Ellen
Grant Withers
as Dennis
Andrés de Segurola
as The Count
Rose Dione
as Mrs. Smith
No photo
David Mir
as Oswald
Tenen Holtz
as Ginsberg Feitelbaum
Blanche Payson
No photo
Margaret Lee
as uncredited
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerAdvertisement
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