The Boarding House Ham

NR
0h 12m
1916

Overview

Maggie De Cray and her daughter, Maybelle, run a theatrical boarding house. Horatio Payne is a star boarder. Olga Petrino, a vaudeville queen, arrives with her pet leopards. Horatio Payne makes eyes at Maybelle and incurs the enmity of Thomas Blake, a property man, who is fair Maybelle's intended.

Country : United States of America
Genre : Comedy
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1916-05-20

Top Billed Cast

Sidney Smith

Aristo

Charles Le Moyne

Horatio Payne

Olga Celeste

Olga Petrino

Miss McKeen

Maybelle

Mrs. Prusche

Maybelle's Mother

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