Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
Mary Carr
as Nellie Wayne
Henrietta Crosman
as Madge Foster
Percy Marmont
as Tom Kerrigan
Dore Davidson
as Lou Gormam
Macklyn Arbuckle
as P.T. Barnum
Macey Harlam
as Claude Benson
Edward Earle
as Charles Farrin
Pierre Gendron
as Jack Graham
Billy Quirk
as Joe Karger
Sally Crute
as Augusta Karger
Leslie King
as Mark Twain
Frederick Burton
as Augustin Daly