"The Howling Sweepstakes Comedy"
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Social & External
The people behind it
Leo Carrillo
Joe Tomasello
Louise Fazenda
Nora Tomasello
Ted Healy
Eddie Dugan
Irene Hervey
Mary Tomasello
James Ellison
Jimmy
Luis Alberni
Tony
Purnell Pratt
Mr. Powers
Akim Tamiroff
Guiseppe
Betty Jane Graham
Noreen Tomasello
Billy Watson
Joey Tomasello Jr.
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