Chicken à la King
A Sugar Papa tries to save the Starving Broilers of Broadway
1928 · 70 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy
A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.
Directed by Henry Lehrman · Written by Jimmy Starr
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Nancy Carroll Maisie Devoe -
George Meeker Buck Taylor -
Ford Sterling Horace Trundle -
Arthur Stone Oscar Barrows -
Frances Lee Babe Lorraine -
Carol Holloway Effie Trundle
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