Two-Time Mama

Two-Time Mama

1927 · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy

The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couples, the Browns (Glenn Tryon & Vivien Oakland) and the Dazzles (Tyler Brooke & Anita Garvin). The two couples have apartments across the hall from one another, and all four plan to attend a costume ball together. But after each husband expresses unhappiness with his wife's costume the women angrily refuse to go to the party. The two husbands decide to go "stag" and pick up dates, but when Mrs. Brown changes her mind about attending, and Mr. Dazzle and Mr. Brown switch costumes, mix-ups result.

Directed by Fred Guiol

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Tyler Brooke Mr. Dazzle aka The Devil
Anita Garvin Mrs. Dazzle
Glenn Tryon Mr. Brown
Vivien Oakland Mrs. Brown
Gale Henry Nora aka Snoopy, the Maid
Jackie Hanes The Child
Oliver Hardy The Cop (as Babe Hardy)

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