Sheldon Polk's father, a wealthy banker, agrees to make a loan to Frank Farnsworth. Sheldon is robbed while delivering the money and is arrested for theft on circumstantial evidence.
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Herbert Rawlinson as Sheldon Polk
Ruth Dwyer as Sunny Day
Hayden Stevenson as Frank Farnsworth
Robert Homans as 'Dippy' Blake
Walter Perry as Chris Martin
Bonnie Hill as Rita Minar
Kathleen O'Connor as Geraldine Lewis
Gloria Roy as Madge Armstrong
Emmett King as Henry Polk
Lola Todd as Stenographer
Tom McGuire as Police Chief
Betsy Ann Hisle as Little Girl (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill Director
William Thornley Director of Photography
Marion Orth Story
Gordon Rigby Scenario Writer
United States 22 June 1924
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1924:
01 June 1924
The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some traveling gypsies, Mary shows up and tells them that her little sister just won a prize at the baby show.
14 September 1924
Industrialist James Sheridan, Sr., once a laborer, insists on moulding the careers of his three sons; however, he loses James, Jr.
11 November 1924
A young Countess meets a young Count and they share a common interest in fast cars.
29 March 1924
The Duff family can't seem to get along with their neighbors, an obsessed policeman and his wife.
07 December 1924
A man searches for the villains who murdered his parents
01 April 1924
A Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.
01 March 1924
A scientist attempts to transplant a gorilla's brain into a man.
04 February 1924
A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
24 August 1924
Mickey is a poor boy who lives with his Uncle Pat. While they're broke, they're also very happy. Since Pat hasn't legally adopted Mickey, Aunt Kate gains custody and takes him to her mansion.
09 March 1924
This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat when the dog unties the rope and the kids head off to sea where they must be rescued by the Navy.
21 February 1924
Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies.
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