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The Beautiful Cheat poster

The Beautiful Cheat (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.

Release: 1926-02-21
Runtime: 70 min
Cast
Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
Mary Callahan / Maritza Callahansky
Alexander Carr
Alexander Carr
Albert Goldringer
Harry Myers
Harry Myers
Jimmy Austin
Kate Price
Kate Price
Kate 'Ma' Callahan
Tom Guise
Tom Guise
Leland Bruckman
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Helen Carr
Lady Violet Armington
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Walter Perry
Tom 'Pa' Callahan
Helen Dunbar
Helen Dunbar
Mrs. Leland Bruckman
Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby
Marquis de la Pontenac
Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson
Dan Brodie
Youcca Troubetzkov
Youcca Troubetzkov
Herbert Dangerfield
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
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