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Half a Hero

Half a Hero

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Comedy

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A little country village comedy in which Mr. Costello plays a young grocer's clerk. This clerk and the daughter (Clara Kimball Young) of a G.A.R. fire-eater (Mr. Eldridge) are in love, much to the old man's disgust. He wants his daughter to marry a brave man, a soldier. AN unexpected denouement makes the clerk seem to be a hero.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

10 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

07 June 1912

Country

United States of America

Cast

Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young

Mabel Kemp

Maurice Costello

Maurice Costello

Joe Godfrey

Charles Eldridge

Charles Eldridge

Mabel's Father

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