
It's a Great Life
Comedy
Overview
At a boys' boarding school, young Stoddard and his pal "The Wop" develop a scheme to get rich after "The Wop" finds a pearl in an oyster in a restaurant.
Top Cast


Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis
Stoddard
Cullen Landis
Stoddard


Molly Malone
Molly Malone
Eloise Randall
Molly Malone
Eloise Randall


Clara Horton
Clara Horton
Lucille Graham
Clara Horton
Lucille Graham


Otto Hoffman
Otto Hoffman
Professor Mozier
Otto Hoffman
Professor Mozier


Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Big Graham (as Ralph Bushman)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Big Graham (as Ralph Bushman)
Howard Ralston
Howard Ralston
The Wop
Howard Ralston
The Wop
Thomas Persse
Thomas Persse
Professor Randall (as Tom Pearse)
Thomas Persse
Professor Randall (as Tom Pearse)
E.J. Mack
E.J. Mack
Small
E.J. Mack
Small
John Lynch
John Lynch
Watchman
John Lynch
Watchman
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