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No Mother to Guide Him
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Erle C. Kenton

Cast: Ben Turpin [a happy married man], Myrtle Lind [the cause of it], Charles Lynn (Heinie Conklin) [an ambitious homewrecker], Joseph Belmont [the family friend], Isabelle Keep (Isabelle Keith) [a household necessity], Billy Armstrong, Tom Kennedy

Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. From a screen story by Mack Sennett. Cinematography by Fred Jackman and H.F. Koenekamp (Hans F. Koenekamp). / Released 8 June 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Lesson Story.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 April 2015.

References: Louvish-Keystone p. 324; Spehr-American p. 598 : Website-IMDb.