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Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
50 min | Comedy

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Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)

50 min | Comedy

Young New York lawyer Jimmie Pendleton is shy around girls, but spends much time in escapades with his friend Herbert Austin, necessitating frequent wires to Jimmie's eccentric Uncle Tobias for money. After Jimmie becomes engaged to ...See moreYoung New York lawyer Jimmie Pendleton is shy around girls, but spends much time in escapades with his friend Herbert Austin, necessitating frequent wires to Jimmie's eccentric Uncle Tobias for money. After Jimmie becomes engaged to Herbert's sister Mary, Uncle Tobias arrives from Kansabraska with fat cousin Hepzibah and promises Jimmie $20,000 in Liberty bonds if he will marry her. Herbert, who is treasurer of the Belgian Babies War Relief organization, places a baby on Jimmie's doorstep as a practical joke. Herbert is subsequently involved in an auto accident and cannot leave the hospital for several days. Jimmie hides the baby in a cupboard and tries to conceal its cries from Mary and her mother. After Jimmie, believing that Herbert embezzled the relief group's funds, takes the Liberty bonds, and Hepzibah steals them from him and elopes with another man, Herbert escapes from the hospital, the bonds are recovered, Jimmie's reputation is reestablished, and his romance with Mary flourishes. Written by AFI See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
William Desmond Jimmie Pendleton Jimmie Pendleton See fewer	Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)
Jay Belasco Herbert Austin Herbert Austin See fewer	The Phantom Island (1916)
Vera Doria Mrs. Austin Mrs. Austin See fewer	A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918)
Louise Lovely Mary Austin Mary Austin See fewer	Jewelled Nights (1925)
John Steppling Tobias Tobias See fewer	The Reckless Age (1924)
Lillian Sylvester Hepzibah (as Lillie Sylvester) Hepzibah (as Lillie Sylvester) See fewer	The Slim Princess (1920)
William De Vaull Jiggs (as B. DuVaul) Jiggs (as B. DuVaul) See fewer	Tea: With a Kick! (1923)
Joseph Franz Horace Pendleton Horace Pendleton See fewer	The Desperate Game (1925)
John Mcgregor Jeremiah Pendleton Jeremiah Pendleton See fewer	Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
Ernest Marion A Baby A Baby See fewer	Battling Jane (1918)