Lessons in Love(1921)
Oh! Bashful ones, you'll laugh as you never laughed before! IT'S CONNIE'S GREATEST AND BEST!
Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a false report of Winkley's death. Indignant at his rebuff, Leila disguises herself as Perkins, a maid, and romances him, leading him to believe that Aunt Agatha is the heiress. Complications develop, and after saving her from a fire John discovers her identity and agrees to marry her.
Movie: Lessons in Love
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Leila Calthorpe
Agatha Calthorpe
Hanover Priestly
John Warren
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Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a false report of Winkley's death. Indignant at his rebuff, Leila disguises herself as Perkins, a maid, and romances him, leading him to believe that Aunt Agatha is the heiress. Complications develop, and after saving her from a fire John discovers her identity and agrees to marry her.
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1921-05-01
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Oh! Bashful ones, you'll laugh as you never laughed before! IT'S CONNIE'S GREATEST AND BEST!
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