The Brown Derby

6.0
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 70 min
  • Premiere: 1926. July 4.

Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaware of his inferiority complex. One day he learns that an eccentric uncle has died, leaving him a brown derby said to bring good luck to its wearer. Meanwhile Edith Worthing and her Aunt Anna are expecting Edith's wealthy uncle, Adolph Plummer, from Australia. On a call to their house, Tommy is mistaken for the uncle, being announced as "a plumber," and soon a mutual romance develops with Edith. They are wedded by mistake when serving as witnesses to marriage by elopement. Farrell, a rival for Edith, learns of Tommy's deception and persuades Edith to elope with him; but Tommy follows in hot pursuit, in his pajamas and derby. At the last minute, a message arrives telling Edith that she and Tommy are already married.

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Johnny Hines

Tommy Burke

Diana Kane

Edith Worthing

Ruth Dwyer

Betty Caldwell

Flora Finch

Aunt Anna

Edmund Breese

John J. Caldwell

J. Barney Sherry

Capt. Shay

Herbert Standing

Adolph Plummer

Harold Foshay

Frank Boyle

Bradley Barker

Robert Farrell

Directing

Charles Hines

Director

Writing

Directing

Charles Hines

Director

Writing