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Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Ricketts) on the conditions that he retains the uncle's valet, Briggs (William Demarest). until such time as Elmer marries, and that he appears at the office of the probate judge (Douglas Gerrard), at 5 P.M. on an appointed day. Complications arise as a result of the valet's determination to ruin the arrangement, and the equal determination by Elmer and his sweetheart Annie (Louise Fazenda) to see that he doesn't.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Louise FazendaLouise FazendaAnnie
  • Photo of Clyde CookClyde CookElmer Peck
  • Photo of William DemarestWilliam DemarestBriggs
  • Photo of Gertrude AstorGertrude AstorBlonde
  • Photo of Tom RickettsTom RickettsAdam Peck
  • Photo of Douglas GerrardDouglas GerrardProbate Judge
  • Photo of Sunshine HartSunshine HartWedding Guest
  • Photo of Flora FinchFlora FinchWedding Guest

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