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Millionaire for a Day (1921) | Slate

Millionaire for a Day

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Rated 10.0 on TMDB

Millionaire for a Day

Bobbie Walters, a cab driver in a Midwest city who is trying to save enough money to marry his sweetheart, Dorothy Wright, an attendant at the cigar and newspaper counter of a large hotel, is able to amass $15,000. He acts like a millionaire and soon is fleeced of the money by two Wall Street swindlers. Broke, Bobbie is forced to work as a bellboy at Dorothy's hotel. After a series of struggles and adventures, Bobby wins a fortune in the oil fields of Louisiana, despite the efforts of his rivals, who dynamite his oil derricks.

Released: 1921
Rated: NR
Genres: Comedy
Country: United States of America

Direction and writing

Philip QuinnAssistant Director

Wilfrid NorthDirector

Cast

Arthur Guy EmpeyBobbie Walters
Harry BurkhardtJim Warner
Florence MartinDorothy Wright

WA

William Addison LathropWriter

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Templar SaxeGamble Mason

William Eville'Surething' Silvers

Denton VaneA get-rich-quick engineer

Maggie WestonBobby's housekeeper

Evelyn ShermanDorothy's mother

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