White Pants Willie (1927)

Plot Summary

Philip Charters, the President of International Motors, and his daughter, Helen, drive up to the shop of Willie Bascom, an auto mechanic. Charters is interested in an invention by Willie, and Willie quickly becomes interested in Helen. They depart for Cold Springs, a fashionable summer resort for the rich. Willie images that Cold Springs is such a place where a young man wearing white pants would not be jeered at. He gets a chance to find out when he has to repair a car and take it to the owner in Cold Springs. He summons Wong Lee, a Chinese laundryman to pose as his chauffeur, dons his spiffiest pair of white pants,arrives at the resort and is mistaken for a crack polo player, hired to help the resort's team beat a rival team. Willie is anything but a polo player.

Full Cast & Characters

Johnny Hines

Willie Bascom

Leila Hyams

Helen Charters

Henry A. Barrows

Philip Charters

Ruth Dwyer

Judy

Walter Long

Mock Epply

Margaret Seddon

Winifred Barnes

George Kuwa

Wong Lee

Bozo the Goose

Peaches

Austen Jewell

Polo Player (uncredited)

Director & Crew

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