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The Varmint (1917)
John Humperdink Stover, otherwise known as "The Varmint" for his pestiferousness or as "Dink" when in special favor, was expelled from a boarding school and sent to Lawrenceville Academy. On the stage on the way to the school he meets a silent man whom Dink sizes up for a salesman and he proceeds to wax eloquent on the subject of his past career and the reason he was expelled from his previous school.
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John Humperdink Stover, otherwise known as "The Varmint" for his pestiferousness or as "Dink" when in special favor, was expelled from a boarding school and sent to Lawrenceville Academy. On the stage on the way to the school he meets a silent man whom Dink sizes up for a salesman and he proceeds to wax eloquent on the subject of his past career and the reason he was expelled from his previous school.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Gardner Hunting
In Theaters:8/5/1917
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company
Cast
William Desmond Taylor
Director
Jack Pickford
John Humperdink Stover
Louise Huff
Laura
Theodore Roberts
A Roman
Henry Malvern
Tough McCarty
Ben Suslow
White Mountain Canary
Milton Schumann
Caramel-Colored Angel
Maurice Kessell
Cheyenne Baxter
Maxfield Stanley
Doc MacNooder
Robert Gordon
Tennessee Shad
Edward Sedgwick
Butsey White
Tom Bates
Al
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