The Beautiful Cheat

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Olga Printzlau, A.P. Younger, Nina Wilcox Putnam

Language

English

Release date

21 February 1926

Ensemble

Cast

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  Laura La Plante

  Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky

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  Alexander Carr

  Albert Goldringer

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  Harry Myers

  Jimmy Austin

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  Kate Price

  Kate 'Ma' Callahan

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  Tom Guise

  Leland Bruckman

• Helen Carr

  Lady Violet Armington

• Walter Perry

  Tom 'Pa' Callahan

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  Helen Dunbar

  Mrs. Leland Bruckman

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  Bertram Grassby

  Marquis de la Pontenac

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  Robert Anderson

  Dan Brodie

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  Youcca Troubetzkov

  Herbert Dangerfield

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  Janet Gaynor

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