The Beautiful Cheat
The Beautiful Cheat
Release: 1926-02-21
·Runtime: 70m
Comedy
A motion picture producer has press agent Jimmy Austin take Mary Callahan, a pretty shopgirl, to Europe. After an extensive publicity campaign, Mary returns to the United States as Maritza Callahansky, a Russian actress owning the crown jewels. To add support to her newly established identity, Maritza gives a party in a Long Island mansion in the rightful owner's absence. The owners return to find their home taken over by strangers and are about to call the police when it is discovered that they are the parents of one of the extras in the company.
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Cast
Bertram Grassby
as Marquis de la Pontenac
Janet Gaynor
as Extra
Laura La Plante
as Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky
Kate Price
as Kate 'Ma' Callahan
Tom Guise
as Leland Bruckman
Helen Dunbar
as Mrs. Leland Bruckman
Robert Anderson
as Dan Brodie
Youcca Troubetzkov
as Herbert Dangerfield
Alexander Carr
as Albert Goldringer
Harry Myers
as Jimmy Austin
