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The Beautiful Cheat

The Beautiful Cheat

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 21, 1926

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

The Beautiful Cheat

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Edward Sloman

Description

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.