The Nickel-Hopper
The Nickel-Hopper is a 1926 American short silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Oliver Hardy and Boris Karloff in minor uncredited roles. The film title refers to a taxi dancer's share of the dime ticket price for each dance at dance halls.
Cast
- Mabel Normand as Paddy, the nickel hopper
- Michael Visaroff as Paddy's father
- Theodore [von Eltz] as Jimmy Jessop, Paddy's rich beau
- Jimmy Anderson as Cop
- Margaret Seddon as Paddy's mother
- Mildred Kornman as Edsel
- Hammond Holt as Paddy's little brother
- William Courtright as Mr. Joy, the landlord
- James Finlayson as Rupert, resident of 625 Park St.
- Oliver Hardy as Jazz band drummer
- Boris Karloff as Dance Hall Masher
- Gus Leonard as Blind man
- Sam Lufkin as Dance hall extra