James Cruze
James Cruze
Ira H. Morgan
Erich von Stroheim
Gabbo
Betty Compson
Mary
Donald Douglas
Frank
Marjorie Kane
Babe
Earl Burtnett
Orchestra Leader
George Grandee
Otto (voice) (uncredited)
Bo Peep Karlin
Dancer (uncredited)
Rosina Lawrence
Dancer (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Vaudevillian (uncredited)
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The problem for Erich von Stroheim in the title role here is that his character's abilities to eat, drink - sing La Bohème, even - whilst his dummy "Otto" chats away merrily to the audience does quite come off on film. An out-of-vision voice is nothing new with this medium, so much of the potency of...
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