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The Whole Town's Talking (1926)

NR | Dec 26, 1926 (US) | Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War | 01:10

Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.

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Edward Everett Horton
Chester Binney
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Virginia Lee Corbin
Ethel Simmons
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Trixie Friganza
Mrs. George Simmons
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Otis Harlan
George Simmonns
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Robert Ober
Donald Montallen
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Aileen Manning
Mrs. Van Loon
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Hayden Stevenson
Tom O'Brien
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Margaret Quimby
Sadie Wise
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Dolores del Río
Rita Renault - Movie Star
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Malcolm Waite
Jack Shields

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