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My Best Girl (1927)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.
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Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Allen McNeil, Tim Whelan, Hope Loring
In Theaters:10/31/1927
Box Office:$1,027,757
Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:United Artists, Pickford Corporation
Cast
Sam Taylor
Director
Mary Pickford
Maggie Johnson
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Joe Grant
Sunshine Hart
Ma Johnson
Lucien Littlefield
Pa Johnson
Carmelita Geraghty
Liz Johnson
Hobart Bosworth
Robert Merrill
Evelyn Hall
Esther Merrill
Avonne Taylor
Millicent Rogers
Mack Swain
Judge
Junior Johnston
Nick Powell
Matthew Beard
Child (uncredited)
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