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.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Bertram Grassby

Marquis de la Pontenac

Robert Anderson

Dan Brodie

Youcca Troubetzkov

Herbert Dangerfield

Janet Gaynor

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