"It may be years before you'll see anything like it again!" 13 May 1928 Comedy 72 mins
A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.
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Charles Murray as Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland
Louise Fazenda as Maggie Cassidy / Circe
Thelma Todd as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
Russ Powell as Pete Papaglos / Bacchus
Joe Bonomo as Simonides the Strongman / Hercules
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Mars
Spec O'Donnell as Western Union Boy / Mercury
Fred O'Beck as Vulcan
Gusztáv Pártos as Shopkeeper (as Gus Partos)
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Jupiter
Janet MacLeod as Juno
Yola d'Avril as Stenographer
United States 13 May 1928
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