The Grand Dame

The Grand Dame

9 mins | Comedy | May 2, 1931

Peggy is a gangster's moll from New Jersey, living a pampered life in Manhattan with three French maids. Blue bloods from England have invited her to tea this afternoon; she's looking forward to her initiation into high society. She takes a Rolls to a club where she's greeted by a team of fakers who plan to sell her a membership in an exclusive but fictive club - for $25,000. As Peggy tries to be refined, will the grifters succeed in the con?

The Grand Dame

9 mins | Comedy | May 2, 1931

The Grand Dame
Peggy is a gangster's moll from New Jersey, living a pampered life in Manhattan with three French maids. Blue bloods from England have invited her to tea this afternoon; she's looking forward to her initiation into high society. She takes a Rolls to a club where she's greeted by a team of fakers who plan to sell her a membership in an exclusive but fictive club - for $25,000. As Peggy tries to be refined, will the grifters succeed in the con?
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Original title The Grand Dame
Directors Arthur Hurley
Writers Stanley Rauh

Cast

Patsy Kelly

as Peggy O'Rourke

Austin Fairman

as (uncredited)

Winifred Harris

as Lady Witherspoon aka English Annie (uncredited)

Donald Kirke

as (uncredited)

Matt McHugh

as (uncredited)