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Once a Plumber
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4785 feet
Directed by Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran

Cast: Eddie Lyons [William Wilson], Lee Moran [Joseph Blynn], George B. Williams [Hoban], Sidney Deane (Sydney Deane) [Fenelon], Jeff Osborne (Jefferson Osborne) [Parker], Lillian Hackett [Mary Foster], Edna Mae Wilson [Kate Beard], Jane Elliott [Gertrude Parker], Ethel Ritchie [Ethel Fenelon], Lew Short [the first detective], Harry Archer [the second detective], Doc Bytell (Walter Bytell) [the butler]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [New Star Series; Universal Special Attraction]. / Scenario by C.B. Hoadley, from a short story by Edgar Franklin. Cinematography by Alfred Gosden. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 25 September 1920 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP15568]. Released 27 September 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3244.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3244; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 35 : Website-IMDb.