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"Seven laughs a minute!"
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
28 Cast Members
Buster Keaton
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
T. Roy Barnes
Billy Meekin, His Partner
Snitz Edwards
His Lawyer
Ruth Dwyer
Mary Jones, His Girl
Frances Raymond
Mrs. Jones, Her Mother
Erwin Connelly
The Clergyman
Jules Cowles
The Hired Hand
Eugenia Gilbert
First Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Club
Doris Deane
Second Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Golf Course
Judy King
Third Chance: Girl Who Shreds 'Will You Marry Me' Note
Hazel Deane
Fourth Chance: Girl Who Refuses on a False Assumption
Bartine Burkett
Fifth Chance: Girl Proposed to Going Up the Staircase
Connie Evans
Sixth Chance: Girl Proposed to Going Down the Staircase
Pauline Toller
Seventh Chance: Girl Proposed to in the Phone Booth
Jean Arthur
Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Rosalind Byrne
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Constance Talmadge
Mother of Baby at the Club (uncredited)
Lori Bara
Mother of Underage Girl (uncredited)
Louise Carver
Prospective Bride Who Operates Crane (uncredited)
Rosa Gore
Prospective Bride at Jimmie's Right in Church (uncredited)
