False Pretenses

False Pretenses

1935•1h 8m•5.0/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(1)

A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.

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Production

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Irene Ware

Irene Ware

Mary Beekman

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Kenneth Alden

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Clarissa Stanhope

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

Pat Brennan

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Mike O'Reilly

Ernest Wood

Tiffany Cortland

Lucy Beaumont

Lucy Beaumont

Miss Milgrim

Marshall Ruth

Marshall Ruth

Gardner

Dot Farley

Dot Farley

Mrs. Smythe

John Picorri

John Picorri

Soutar

Herbert Clifton

Bleven

William Humphrey

William Humphrey

Newman

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