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Talkie short

Dollar Dizzy

  • Year 1930
  • Studio Hal Roach Studios
  • Runtime 26 min
  • 3 reels

Synopsis

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle has died, leaving him millions. Attorneys advise him to repair to a resort and avoid gold diggers. Once there, word spreads among the single women, and several try to ensnare him. At first he's gullible, then he cottons on, so when Thelma, a wealthy young woman, mistakes him for a fortune hunter, he dismisses her as well. A manager's error puts Charlie and Thelma in the same suite, and both think the other is prospecting. A dressing gown, radio, bare feet, pistol, keyhole, fountain pen, bedcovers, and a suspicious hotel detective join the mix-up. But wait, was the inheritance a mistake?

Credits

RolePeopleCharacterBilled as
CastCharley ChaseCharley ChaseCharley Chase
CastThelma ToddThelma ToddThelma Todd
CastLorena CarrGold-Digger (uncredited)Lorena Carr
CastBetty Mae CraneSpoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)Betty Mae Crane
CastBeverly CraneSpoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)Beverly Crane
CastDorothy DixGold-Digger (uncredited)Dorothy Dix
CastJames FinlaysonHouse DetectiveJames Finlayson
CastDick GrangerOne of the Quimbys (uncredited)Dick Granger
DirectorJames W. HorneDirectorJames W. Horne
WriterH.M. WalkerDialogue, StoryH.M. Walker
ProducerHal RoachProducerHal Roach
cinematographyArt LloydDirector of PhotographyArt Lloyd
editorRichard C. CurrierEditorRichard C. Currier
soundElmer Raguse——
CastEdgar KennedyQuimby, the lawyer—
CastDorothy GrangerGold digger who fell out of tree—
CastCharlie HallBellhop—
CastIda SchumacherMrs. Chase—
CastRandolph HaleHotel desk clerk—
CastBob MinfordOne of Quimby's associates—
CastHope HarperGold digger—
CastCharles LloydCrowd extra—
CastEllinor VanderveerCrowd extra—
CastCarl M. LevinessMr. Leviness, hotel manager—
CastAnn LewisGold digger—

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