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The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify (1914)

Overview

Comedy

Rube Homer Splivins imitates the actions of a famous matinee idol in order to woo his lady love.

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R

Director

Richard Foster Baker

ReleasedDec 9, 1914
Runtime10m
StatusReleased
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Top Cast

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Homer Splivins

Beverly Bayne

Beverly Bayne

Lucy Livingston

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman

The Matinee Idol

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