Tillie the Toiler (1927)
Tillie is a secretary always dressed in the height of fashion who tries to capture a millionaire named Pennington Fish. Once she gets a stenographic position at Mr. Simpkins's company she sets her cap for the general manager, Benjamin Franklin Whipple. Eventually Tillie announces that she is going to "catch the rich Mr. Fish by using Whipple as the worm."
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Marion DaviesTillie Jones
Matt MooreJ. Cornelius MacDougall
Harry CrockerPennington Fish
George FawcettMr. Simpkins
George K. ArthurBenjamin Franklin Whipple
Estelle ClarkSadie
Bert RoachBill
Gertrude ShortBubbles
Claire McDowellMa Jones
Arthur HoytMr. SmytheKeywords
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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityBased On ComicDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference476001Actor preference337988 · 252943 · 260475Country preferenceUs
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Tillie is a secretary always dressed in the height of fashion who tries to capture a millionaire named Pennington Fish. Once she gets a stenographic position at Mr. Simpkins's company she sets her cap for the general manager, Benjamin Franklin Whipple. Eventually Tillie announces that she is going to "catch the rich Mr. Fish by using Whipple as the worm."