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Efficiency Run Amok in Brookes Home
Widowed hardware magnate John W. Brooke hires an efficiency engineer to run his house for two months while he is away. The clockwork regime places Mary Elvira and the staff under strict rules, provoking resentment and a mutinous breakfast stand-off as the family witnesses a clash between convenience and independence.
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John W. Brooke
Constance
Billy
Alice
H. Hedge
Mary
Hedge
Elvira
Brookes
Horace
Miss
Bac
Mary Monahan
Connie
Billy Brooke
Frelishman
H. Hedee
Giovseni
Maev
Tieten
Aline
Martin
Ike