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The Galloping Fish

Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

Top Cast

  • Lucille Ricksen

    Lucille Ricksen

    Hyla Wetherill

  • Louise Fazenda

    Louise Fazenda

    Undine

  • Ford Sterling

    Ford Sterling

    George Fitzgerald

  • Chester Conklin

    Chester Conklin

    Jonah

  • John Steppling

    John Steppling

    Cato Dodd

  • Truly Shattuck

    Truly Shattuck

    Mrs. Dodd

  • Willie Alligator

    Willie Alligator

    The Alligator

  • Lloyd Ingraham

    Lloyd Ingraham

    Process Server

  • Eugene Pallette

    Eugene Pallette

    Anti-Volstead Esquire

Overview

Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

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