27 Dec 1926
The Cheerful Fraud
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
A Studio Rube
Al attempts to sneak inside the studio to keep a date with an actress. He finally exchanges places with a dummy and lands within the walls of the studio, finds the girl and is promptly thrown out when he spoils several scenes and nearly causes a riot.
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Al St. John 
Billy Engle Marvin Loback
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