Film

The Beautiful Cheat

1926 · 1h 10m · Comedy

IMDb

7.6

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.

Laura La Plante

Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky

Alexander Carr

Albert Goldringer

Harry Myers

Jimmy Austin

Kate Price

Kate 'Ma' Callahan

Tom Guise

Leland Bruckman

Helen Carr

Lady Violet Armington

Walter Perry

Tom 'Pa' Callahan

Helen Dunbar

Mrs. Leland Bruckman

Bertram Grassby

Marquis de la Pontenac

Robert Anderson

Dan Brodie

Youcca Troubetzkov

Herbert Dangerfield

Janet Gaynor

Extra

• Edward SlomanDirector
• A.P. YoungerWriter
• Olga PrintzlauWriter
• Nina Wilcox PutnamStory

Release date

February 21, 1926

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Comedy