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As Human and Dramatic As the Life Story of Your Best Friend

6.1

1h 44m

1925

“As Human and Dramatic As the Life Story of Your Best Friend”

Synopsis

Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy follows a female hotel owner's efforts to turn a profit and get some work out of her husband.

Director

John Ford

Comedy

Cast & Crew

Jay Hunt

Jay Hunt

as Lightnin' Bill Jones

Wallace MacDonald

Wallace MacDonald

as John Marvin

Richard Travers

Richard Travers

as Raymond Thomas

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Lemuel Townsend

Otis Harlan

Otis Harlan

as Zeb

Edythe Chapman

Edythe Chapman

as Mrs. Jones

Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy

as Millie

Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

as Margaret Davis

Brandon Hurst

Brandon Hurst

as Everett Hammond

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