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In Arcadia
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In Arcadia

1916-02-18 · 20 min · ★ 9.0

Comedy

The Youngloves have a cozy little apartment and a jewel of a cook, Bridget, and are happy until the landlord raises the rent. A slick agent convinces them to take a lease on "the modern Paradise” in Arcadia. A long, frightful journey takes them to "Eros Villa” a tumbledown old shack with a scrubby hedge running around it. After a veritable nightmare of a night trying to sleep on hastily-made-up hard beds and being scared nearly to death by huge rats scampering through the rooms the Youngloves rush to the agent's office, where he agrees to tear up the lease for two months' rent! The Youngloves, return to their old flat, sadder and wiser, but happy.

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Directors
Cortland Van Deusen
Production companies
Vitagraph Company of America
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ethel CorcoranEthel CorcoranEtta Younglove
Kate PriceKate PriceBridget Blaney
Edward ElkasEdward ElkasAgent Walker
William R. DunnWilliam R. DunnThe Clerk
William DangmanEric Younglove
James DentCharles Wray

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