"The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life." 18 March 1928 Comedy 70 mins
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.
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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
David Mir as Oswald
Tenen Holtz as Ginsberg Feitelbaum
Jack Conway Director
Ralph Spence Writer
George McManus Writer
Frances Marion Writer
William H. Daniels Cinematography
Margaret Booth Editor
United States 18 March 1928
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