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Betsy's Burglar
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Betsy's Burglar

1917-03-04 · 50 min · Not rated

Romance · Comedy

Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a delivery boy for a local grocer. One day a mysterious character named Harry Brent takes a room at the boarding house. Harry, seeing that Betsy is falling for his rather shady charms, persuades her to help him get a box of jewels owned by the Jaspers, an elderly couple who lives across the hall. It turns out that Harry is not quite who he seems; neither, however, are the Jaspers.

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Directors
Paul Powell
Production companies
Fine Arts Film Company
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Constance  TalmadgeConstance TalmadgeBetsy Harlow
Kenneth HarlanKenneth HarlanHarry Brent
Monte BlueMonte BlueVictor Gilpin
Joseph SingletonJoseph SingletonJasper Dunn
Josephine CrowellJosephine CrowellMrs. Dunn
Clyde E. HopkinsClyde E. HopkinsOscar Schlitz (as Clyde Hopkins)
Hal WilsonHal WilsonJames
Kate BruceKate BruceMrs. Randall
Elmo LincolnElmo Lincoln

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