False Pretenses

Oct 21, 1935

1h 8m

★ 5.0

Overview

A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Mary Beekman

Irene Ware

Kenneth Alden

Sidney Blackmer

Clarissa Stanhope

Betty Compson

Pat Brennan

Russell Hopton

Mike O'Reilly

Edward Gargan

Tiffany Cortland

Ernest Wood

Miss Milgrim

Lucy Beaumont

Gardner

Marshall Ruth

Mrs. Smythe

Dot Farley

Soutar

John Picorri

Bleven

Herbert Clifton

Newman

William Humphrey

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