Mike's Brainstorm

Mike Rosenberg, a ne'er-do-well, is broke, but still is undenied the pleasure of imagination. A circus comes to town, and he is without the price of admission. He retires disgusted to the solitude of the bar, where he dreams that he possesses unlimited wealth. His first investment is a pet elephant that leads him into a vast variety of expensive difficulties.

Cast

Tom Santschi

as Mike Rosenberg

Toodles

as Toodles - an Elephant

Otto Breitkreutz

as Jasper Washington Jones (as Big Otto Breitkreutz)

Frank Clark

as The Cobbler (as Frank M. Clark)

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