An exposé of the "fake" or "wicked" Bohemian social circles, highlighting the moral consequences of their actions. The film features a "pleasure-seeking" philosophy, evidenced by the intertitle that read, "May we help ourselves to life's pleasures?"
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Jobyna Ralston as Dorinda Maxwell
Mae Busch as Kitty Perkins
Robert Frazer as David
Lila Lee as Norma Davis
Robert Ober as Jimmie
Ray Hallor as Chad
George Periolat as Hatch
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Judge Davis
James W. Horne Director
Henry McCarty Writer
Delos Sutherland Writer
Max Dupont Cinematography
Stephen S. Norton Cinematography
Ralph Dawson Editor
United States 30 August 1928
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17 December 1923
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04 December 1924
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29 April 1928
"Some folks think married men live longer. They don't — it only seems longer!" The opening inter-title to "Seein' Things" (1928) sums up the life of Joe Grubb (Ben Turpin), who is married to the shrewish Mrs.
18 November 1928
Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man.
16 September 1928
Lord Brancaster, a decent and upright British nobleman, loses his memory in an accident. While in this amnesiac condition, he becomes involved with the training of a horse, the Whip, for racing at Ascot.
16 September 1928
Red foils a plan to steal the airmail and in one especially exciting scene takes to the air armed only with a (very effective) slingshot.
19 December 1928
Herbert Pomeroy's wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy.
15 January 1928
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of her and the ranch.
19 February 1928
A disgraced son of a sheriff is adopted by an Indian tribe after saving the son of a chief.
14 January 1928
A press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the suggestion that “people in the need of a good hearty laugh should take this opportunity of getting it” by seeing a newly released comedy by Warner Bros.
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