

The Humming Bird
1924-01-13 · 61 min · ★ 7.5
A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.
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- Directors
- Sidney Olcott
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Gloria SwansonToinette
Edmund BurnsRandall Carey
William RicciardiPapa Jacques
Cesare GravinaCharlot
Adrienne D'AmbricourtThe Owl
Helen LindrothHenrietta Rutherford
Regina QuinnBeatrice
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