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Bringing Up Father

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Bringing Up Father

The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life.

4.3

1h 10m

1928

“The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life.”

Synopsis

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.

Director

Jack Conway

Comedy

based on comic strip

Cast & Crew

Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler

as Annie Moore

Polly Moran

Polly Moran

as Maggie Jiggs

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Jiggs

Jules Cowles

Jules Cowles

as Dinty Moore

Gertrude Olmstead

Gertrude Olmstead

as Ellen

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

as Dennis

Andrés de Segurola

Andrés de Segurola

as The Count

Rose Dione

Rose Dione

as Mrs. Smith

David Mir

as Oswald

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