The Miss They Missed

The Miss They Missed

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The Miss They Missed

1938

0h 18m

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Comedy

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Professor Pierre is assigned to find a missing heiress whose fortune will go to a worthless relative if she isn't found. He uses most of his dialect ability in the search by posing as a Chinaman, an Englishman, a sailor and a Scotchman, but is unable to find her. He meets his sweetheart at a restaurant and, there, discovers she is the heiress he has been searching for. She breaks off their romance when she finds out she is rich.

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Willie Howard

Professor Pierre

Willie Howard

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Estelle Jayne

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Estelle Jayne

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Fred Manette

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Marion Martin

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Marion Martin

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Jack Squires

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George Lessey

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George Lessey

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Jack Hartley

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