The Tomboy

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The Tomboy

1924

1h 23m

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Overview

Miss Devore plays Tommy, a young woman who runs a boarding house for her father, an inventor of eccentric devices, and the boarders are the usual collection of neurotics in such an effort.

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8 members

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Herbert Rawlinson

Aldon Farwell

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Dorothy Devore

Tommy Smith

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James O. Barrows

Henry Smith

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Lee Moran

Hiram - the Sheriff

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Helen Lynch

Sweetie Higgins

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Lottie Williams

Mrs. Higgins

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Harry Gribbon

Rugby Blood

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Virginia True Boardman

Mrs. Smith

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