The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
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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.
- Release date
- February 21, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Laura La Plante as Mary Callahan
- Laura La Plante as Maritza Callahansky
- Harry Myers as Jimmy Austin
- Bertram Grassby as Marquis de la Pontenac
- Alexander Carr as Albert Goldringer
- Youcca Troubetzkov as Herbert Dangerfield
- Helen Carr as Lady Violet Armington
- Robert Anderson as Dan Brodie
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Leland Bruckman
- Tom Guise as Leland Bruckman
- Kate Price as Kate 'Ma' Callahan
Crew
- Edward Sloman · Director
- Olga Printzlau · Writer
- Nina Wilcox Putnam · Writer
- Andrew Percival Younger · Writer
- Jackson Rose · Cinematographer