Bumping Into Broadway

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.

Cast

Harold Lloyd

as The Boy

Bebe Daniels

as The Girl

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as The Musical Comedy's Director

Helen Gilmore

as 'Bearcat' the Landlady

Noah Young

as The Bearcat's Bouncer

Fred C. Newmeyer

Charles Stevenson

Sammy Brooks

Gus Leonard

as Desperate Spinster / Bouncer at Stage Door (uncredited)

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