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The Wages of Tin
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Roy Clements

Cast: Glenn Tryon [Billy], Blanche Mehaffey [Meg], Bill Brokaw [the policeman], Helen Gilmore [Meg’s mother], Jimmy Kelly (James T. Kelley) [Meg’s father], George Rowe [the driving instructor], Noah Young [the automobile salesman], ‘Tonnage’ Martin Wolfkeil [the Ford-for-Rent employee], Billy Engle, Jack Gavin

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. / Released 4 January 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 July 2025.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.