Mr. Chump
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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William Clemens
Johnnie Davis
Lola Lane
Penny Singleton
Donald Briggs
Chester Clute
Film Details
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Synopsis
Bill Small is in love with Betty Martin, who is also loved by Jim Beldon, the manager of the local bank. Bill spends a lot of time playing the stock market on paper. He starts to explain his foolproof system to Ed Mason, Betty's brother-in-law, but is interrupted before he can tell him his secret. Because he knows that Betty wants Bill to get a steady job, Jim gives a prospective employer a bad report of Bill and he loses the job. Hurt by what she sees as Bill's lack of responsibility, Betty becomes engaged to Jim. Bill leaves town for a job as a musician with a swing band. After several months, the band returns, and Bill takes the opportunity to persuade Jim that bachelorhood is preferable to marriage. Bill then proposes to Betty, who accepts. The next morning, Bill learns that Jim and Ed have stolen money from the bank where they work and have lost it on the stock market by following Bill's scheme. Bill explains that they did not understand the correct way to use it and convinces them to take even more money. He parlays this money high enough to buy the bank, but in the end, all three men are arrested.
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Director
William Clemens
Cast
Johnnie Davis
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Lola Lane
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Penny Singleton
Donald Briggs
Chester Clute
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Frank Orth
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Granville Bates
Spencer Charters
Sidney Bracy
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Clem Bevans
John Harron
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Jack Mower
Vera Lewis
Eric Stanley
Crew
Frank Beckwith
George Bricker
E. A. Brown
Arthur Edeson
Bryan Foy
H. W. Hanemann
Bernie Hanighen
Charles Henderson
Art Lueker
Harold Mclernon
Johnny Mercer
Howard Shoup
Ted Smith
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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