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A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.
Top billed cast
Wheeler OakmanReal Montgomery Irving
Tom SantschiDeranged Actor
Lillian HaywardOphelia Jones
Hobart BosworthThe Theatre Manager
John Lancaster- Frank Clark
Roscoe ArbucklePlayer in Female Costume
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