Abby Lou is the niece of the crabbed old antique dealer, Richard Cobb. Old Richard Cobb has a son who possesses all the qualities that his father seemingly was born without. This son, Tom Cobb, loves Abby Lou and is working on his great invention, a kettle that will not boil over. Finances are the only drawback to its successful achievement.
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Vivian Martin as Abby Lou Maynard
Colin Chase as Tom Cobb
Herbert Standing as Joseph Snow
George Fisher as Percival Rollins
Percy Challenger as Richard Cobb
Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Rollins
Daisy Jefferson as Marguerite D'Arcy
Doc Crane as Mace
E. Mason Hopper Director
James Van Trees Director of Photography
Una Nixson Hopkins Art Direction
United States 22 March 1917
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