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Movie: This Is the Life
Top 9 Billed Cast
Jane Withers
Geraldine Revier
John McGuire
Michael Grant
Sally Blane
Helen Davis
Sidney Toler
Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge
Gordon Westcott
Ed Revier
Francis Ford
Sticky Jones
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Davis
Marcia Mae Jones
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A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
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1935-10-07
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