The Beautiful Cheat

The Beautiful Cheat — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Edward Sloman

The Beautiful Cheat — Cast

Laura La Plante Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky Alexander Carr Albert Goldringer Harry Myers Jimmy Austin Kate Price Kate 'Ma' Callahan Tom Guise Leland Bruckman

H

Helen Carr Lady Violet Armington

W

Walter Perry Tom 'Pa' Callahan Helen Dunbar Mrs. Leland Bruckman