The Dangerous Little Demon

Mar 27, 1922

0h 50m

★ 0.0

The story of a wise little flapper who wasn't wise at after all, and who fell in love without hurting anybody. A picture that will leave you smiling.

Overview

Teddy Harmon, a society girl preoccupied with pleasure, is persuaded by her father's serious-minded secretary that she is in love with him, but meeting his family, she becomes bored and seeks the society of Gary McVeigh, a wealthy neighbor. At a gambling house, she finds her father with a dashing young widow, and later, the proprietor, though ostensibly a friend, tries to force his attentions on her and she is taken to jail in a raid. She is rescued by Gary, and the secretary, learning of her father's financial difficulties, breaks the engagement.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Teddy Harmon

Marie Prevost

Kenneth Graham

Jack Perrin

Gary McVeigh

Robert Ellis

Helene Westley

Fontaine La Rue

Aunt Sophia

Lydia Knott

Harmon

Edward Martindel

Jay Howard

Herbert Prior

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