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Wanted, a Sister

Wanted, a Sister

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In the college play, Tom and his room-mate, "Bunch," take prominent and successful parts, Tom as the hero and "Bunch" as the heroine, in which he is an excellent female impersonator. The day after the performance, "Bunch" makes an engagement to take a real chorus girl to dinner. Unexpectedly his mother comes to college to visit him and he makes Tom take the girl.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

11 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

22 July 1912

Country

United States of America

Cast

James Young

James Young

Tom

Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young

Evelyn Marshall

George Cooper

George Cooper

Bunch

Lillian Walker

Lillian Walker

A Ballerina

Julia Swayne Gordon

Julia Swayne Gordon

The Mother

Rosemary Theby

Rosemary Theby

Guy Coombs

Guy Coombs

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