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Boys Will Be Boys
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Boys Will Be Boys

1921-05-05 · 50 min · ★ 8.0

Comedy

Peep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make up for all the lost pleasure of childhood, but Sublette, a crooked attorney, arranges for an eastern belle to show up as Peep's "niece" to steal his fortune.

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Directors
Clarence G. Badger
Production companies
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Will RogersWill RogersPeep O'Day
Irene RichIrene RichLucy
Sidney AinsworthSidney AinsworthSublette
Edward KimballEdward KimballJudge Priest
Nick CogleyNick CogleyAunt Mandy
Charles MasonTom Minor
Milton RossBagby
Charles ThurstonSheriff Breck
Mae HopkinsKitty
Cordelia CallahanMrs. Hunter
Burton HalbertFarmer Bell

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