The Beautiful Cheat

The Beautiful Cheat

70 mins | Comedy | Feb. 21, 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.

The Beautiful Cheat

70 mins | Comedy | Feb. 21, 1926

The Beautiful Cheat
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.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Beautiful Cheat
Directors Edward Sloman
Writers Nina Wilcox Putnam, A.P. Younger, Olga Printzlau

Cast

Laura La Plante

as Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky

Alexander Carr

as Albert Goldringer

Harry Myers

as Jimmy Austin

Kate Price

as Kate 'Ma' Callahan

Tom Guise

as Leland Bruckman

Helen Carr

as Lady Violet Armington

Walter Perry

as Tom 'Pa' Callahan

Helen Dunbar

as Mrs. Leland Bruckman

Bertram Grassby

as Marquis de la Pontenac

Robert Anderson

as Dan Brodie

Youcca Troubetzkov

as Herbert Dangerfield