The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
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.
Director: Edward Sloman
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Laura La Plante as Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky |
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Alexander Carr as Albert Goldringer |
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Harry Myers as Jimmy Austin |
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Kate Price as Kate 'Ma' Callahan |
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Tom Guise as Leland Bruckman |
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Helen Carr as Lady Violet Armington |
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Walter Perry as Tom 'Pa' Callahan |
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Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Leland Bruckman |
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Bertram Grassby as Marquis de la Pontenac |
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Robert Anderson as Dan Brodie |
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Youcca Troubetzkov as Herbert Dangerfield |
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Janet Gaynor as Extra |
| Writing | Nina Wilcox Putnam | Story |
| Writing | A.P. Younger | Writer |
| Writing | Olga Printzlau | Writer |
| Directing | Edward Sloman | Director |
