05 Jan 1916
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Luke attempts to sell books to a businessman and his wife.
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
It got so that when a girl looked into his eyes, she wanted to swap her apartment for a tent, trade the Packard for a camel, and try housekeeping on the Sahara.
Bank clerk John Hart is about to marry Mary Kelly, but she insists that before that happens he must grow a mustache. The idea of that shakes him up so much that he gets distracted at work, comes up short in his accounts and gets fired. Unable to find another job, he begins to work as an extra at a nearby film studio to earn money. One day the leading man of a picture John is working on gets into an argument with the director and storms off the set. Angered, the director sees John and, deciding that he'll show his arrogant star that he can make a movie idol out of just about anybody, picks John to replace him. As it turns out, John has a real talent for acting and before he knows it he becomes a star. Unfortunately, "stardom" isn't what John thought it would be.
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Ben Lyon John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
Lois Wilson Mary Kelly
Blanche Sweet Juliet
Dorothy Sebastian Gilda La Bray
Diana Kane Kathra Granni
Sam Hardy Gindelheim
Dick Bernard Film Magnate
Andrew Mack Film Magnate
Daniel Pennell B.C. Duval
Wilfred Lytell Paris
Katherine Ray Wife
Ruby Blaine Wife
Lucy Fox Wife
Muriel Spring Wife
Kathleen Martyn Wife
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