A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)
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Captain of the Yale football team, Paul Potter becomes engaged to his small-town Indiana sweetheart Sylvia Castle but once in the big city he becomes involved with married society girl Muriel Evers and finds Sylvia too provincial, ending their engagement. In time Sylvia meets alcoholic actor, Henry Leamington, who encourages her to become an actress while she helps him get sober. In New York she finds success and becomes reacquainted with Paul for whom she still has feelings, but comes to realize he is a lout and returns to Henry.
- Release date
- July 7, 1919
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- J. Barney Sherry as Henry Leamington
- Kathryn Adams as Sylvia Castle
- Frank Mayo as Paul Potter
- Lila Leslie as Muriel Evers
- John Gilbert as Carl Wilmerding
- Ruth Royce as Undetermined Role
Crew
- Lynn Reynolds · Director
- Joseph Medill Patterson · Writer
- Lynn Reynolds · Writer
- Phil Rosen · Cinematographer