Anything Once!
Released: January 2, 1927Runtime: 20 min
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot of bumps in life and doesn't know where the next bump is coming from, which sounds uncomfortably close to the leading lady's real-life situation. Her boss is Jimmy Finlayson, but instead of playing the expected sourpuss Finn is quite benign here, and doesn't even punish Mabel when she accidentally sets his toupee on fire.
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Mabel Normand
as The Little Girl
James Finlayson
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Max Davidson
as Granville
Theodore Von Eltz
as Prince Chevalier
Nora Hayden
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Gustav Von Seyffertitz
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Leo White
as French surgeon
Harry Bowen
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Ed Brandenburg
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Ham Kinsey
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