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Better Times
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Overview
Ezra Scroggs is a shiftless gambler who has let his hotel, the Lakeview, fall on hard times. Finally his daughter Nancy gets fed up seeing all the business go to his rival, Si Whittaker at the Majestic, and she decides to do something about it.
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Cast
Zasu Pitts
Nancy Scroggs
David Butler
Peter Van Alstyne
Jack McDonald
Ezra Scroggs
William De Vaull
Si Whittaker (as William De Vaulle)
Hugh Fay
Jack Ransom
George Hackathorne
Tony
Georgia Woodthorpe
A young old lady
Julanne Johnston
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