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Movie · 1917

The Man Who Took a Chance

“A Perfect Bluebird Entertainment!”

Released 19 January 1917 50 min Comedy / Drama / Romance More from 1917 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Countess Du Cello
as Mrs. Lanning
53
Arthur Hoyt
as James
42
Franklyn Farnum
as Monty Gray
38
Charles Perley
as The Duke of Cannister
31
Lloyd Whitlock
as Wilbur Mason
26
Agnes Vernon
as Constance Lanning
21
Marc Fenton
as Richard Lanning
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
53Countess Du Cello — oldest on the call sheet
21Agnes Vernon — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast
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