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The Extra Girl

1923 · 69 min · US

Directed by F. Richard Jones

F. Richard Jones, Mack Sennett Productions, 1923. Sue Graham wins a Hollywood contest with the wrong photograph and is put in wardrobe. She mistakes a lion for the studio dog in a costume and walks him through the lot. The lion was Numa; Picture Play (1927) quoted trainer Charles Gay on her taking the rope without asking if it was safe. Sennett appears in the screen-test scene. It was her last feature with him.

Crime · Comedy · Romance

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1923 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:The Extra Girl (1923).webm; 640x480

Video: F. Richard Jones · Credit: YouTube · Public domain · Source: File page

In Spotlight: Mabel Normand

Cast & Crew

F. Richard Jones · DirectorMabel Normand · Sue GrahamRalph Graves · Dave Giddings

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Cast

Principal players
M

Mabel Normand

Sue Graham

R

Ralph Graves

Dave Giddings

G

George Nichols

Zachariah 'Pa' Graham

Anna Dodge

Anna Dodge

Mary 'Ma' Graham

Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

Aaron Applejohn

Ramsey Wallace

Ramsey Wallace

T. Phillip Hackett

Charlotte Mineau

Charlotte Mineau

Belle Brown

Louise Carver

Louise Carver

Wardrobe mistress

William Desmond

William Desmond

Himself - Actor

Carl Stockdale

Carl Stockdale

Director

Harry Gribbon

Harry Gribbon

Comedy Director

B

Billy Bevan

Comedian

George Beranger

George Beranger

Actor in Wardrobe Line

B

Billy Armstrong

Comedian in Derby

Crew

Bernard McConville

writer

Homer Scott

cinematographer

Eric Crockett

cinematographer

Mack Sennett

writer

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