The Girl Said No

Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to get her back after she rejects him; and along the way, he revives a failing Gilbert and Sullivan troupe.

Cast

Robert Armstrong

as Jimmie Allen

Irene Hervey

as Pearl Proctor / Peep-Bo

Paula Stone

as Mabel

Edward Brophy

as Pick

William Danforth

as Howard Hathaway / The Mikado

Vera Ross

as Beatrice Hathaway / Katisha

Holmes Herbert

as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)

Richard Tucker

as Charles Dillon

Harry Tyler

as Chuck Fairfax

Gwili Andre

as Gretchen Holman

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