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Cheap Skates

Cheap Skates

Genres

Comedy

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Cheap Skates is a lost film made by Educational Films, as a "Mermaid Comedy". Funny man Lige Conley starts scrambling when bees fly down his pants!

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

20 December 1925

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Lige Conley

Lige Conley

Johnnie Jones

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Wyndee Durham

Jack Lloyd

Jack Lloyd

Her Father

Estelle Bradley

Estelle Bradley

Violet Brown

Babe London

Babe London

Bonnie Barrett

Bonnie Barrett

Bonnie

Spencer Bell

Spencer Bell

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