The Saphead (1920)
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter, and also nearly ruins the family business by selling off some stock at too low a price.
Directors:
Winchell Smith, Herbert Blaché.
Writer:
June Mathis
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Buster Keaton as Bertie Van Alstyne |
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William H. Crane as Nicholas Van Alstyne |
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Beulah Booker as Agnes Gates |
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Irving Cummings as Mark Turner |
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Edward Jobson as Reverend Murray Hilton |
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Edward Connelly as Mr. Musgrave |
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Edward Alexander as Watson Flint |
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Carol Holloway as Rose Turner |
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Jack Livingston as Dr. George Wainright |
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Odette Tyler as Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke |
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Katherine Albert as Hattie (uncredited) |
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Henry Clauss as Valet (uncredited) |
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Edward F. Cline as Stock Exchange member (uncredited) |
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Alfred Hollingsworth as Hathaway (uncredited) |
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Helen Holte as Henrietta Reynolds (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Williams as Hutchins (uncredited) |
| Directing | Winchell Smith | Director |
| Directing | Herbert Blaché | Director |
| Writing | Bronson Howard | Writer |
| Production | Winchell Smith | Producer |
| Production | John Golden | Producer |
| Writing | June Mathis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Victor Mapes | Writer |
| Production | Marcus Loew | Producer |
| Writing | Winchell Smith | Writer |
| Art | F.H. Webster | Art Direction |
| Camera | Harold Wenstrom | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Marcel De Sano | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Buster Keaton | Writer |