What's the World Coming To?
1926 · 21 min · ★ 4.6 · Comedy
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting around town.
Directed by Richard Wallace · Written by Stan Laurel
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Clyde Cook Claudia, the Blushing Groom / the baby -
Katherine Grant Billie, the Bride -
James Finlayson The Father-in-Law -
Helen Gilmore A Neighbor -
Martha Sleeper The Butler -
Laura De Cardi A Family Friend -
Stan Laurel The Man in the Window
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