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Bringing Up Father

The Famous Comic Strip Come to Life.
Mar 18, 1928 · 1h 10m
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Comedy

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The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.

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CAST

Marie Dressler
Annie Moore
Polly Moran
Maggie Jiggs
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jiggs
Jules Cowles
Dinty Moore
Gertrude Olmstead
Ellen
Grant Withers
Dennis
Andrés de Segurola
The Count
Rose Dione
Mrs. Smith
Directed by Jack Conway

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US

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