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Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5585 feet
Directed by Wesley Ruggles

Cast: Walter Hiers [John Percival Billings], Jacqueline Logan [Suzanna Juárez], George Fawcett [General Pablo Blanco], Robert McKim [Captain Gómez], Patricia Palmer [Priscilla Parker], Joseph Swickard (Josef Swickard) [President Estaban Juárez], Guy Oliver [John D. Starbock], Edward Patrick [White], Clarence Burton [Diego], George Field [Manuel], Lucien Littlefield [Martin Green]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Albert Shelby Le Vino, from the short story “Mr. Billings Spends His Dime” by Dana Burnet. Cinematography by Charles E. Schoenbaum. / © 7 March 1923 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP18771]. Premiered circa 4 March 1923 in New York, New York. Released 19 March 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: South America

Listing updated: 7 February 2016.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 178 : Website-AFI.