"Seven reels full of tricks and a big laugh with every trick" 10 July 1926 Comedy 76 mins
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him. Next it's firemen on a false alarm. And then a real fire.
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W.C. Fields as Elmer Prettywillie
Louise Brooks as Mildred Marshall
Blanche Ring as Tessie Overholt
William Gaxton as George Parker
Mary Foy as Sarah Pancoast
Mickey Bennett as Mickey
Josephine Dunn as Society Bather
Jack Luden as Society Bather
Elise Cavanna as Near-sighted Woman
John Merton as Fireman (uncredited)
A. Edward Sutherland Director
Alvin Wyckoff Director of Photography
J.P. McEvoy Theatre Play
W.C. Fields Theatre Play
Thomas J. Geraghty Scenario Writer
J. Clarkson Miller Scenario Writer
Ralph Spence Writer
William LeBaron Adaptation
William LeBaron Associate Producer
Thomas J. Geraghty Supervising Editor
Un conte d'apothicaire Trailer
Sweden 19 April 1930
United States 10 July 1926
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