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The Brown Derby 1926 Directed by Charles Hines

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Gnere Comedy
Production Company C.C. Burr Productions Inc.
Release Date 4 July 1926
70 mins
Cast
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