Movie: Betty in Search of a Thrill

Top 7 Billed Cast

Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis

Betty

Owen Moore
Owen Moore

Jim Denning

Juanita Hansen
Juanita Hansen

June Hastings

Herbert Standing
Herbert Standing

Mr. Hastings

Vera Lewis
Vera Lewis

Mrs. Hastings

Harry Ham
Harry Ham

A Boarder

Roberta Hickman
Roberta Hickman

Maizie Follett

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    After graduating from a convent school, Betty travels to New York to visit her relatives, the Hastings. She quickly catches the eye of Jim Denning, a wealthy neighbor who proposes to her, but Betty decides to experience city life before settling down and finds work as a salesclerk. When the floorwalker becomes too familiar, Betty quits and her showgirl friend Maizie Follette helps her get a job as a cabaret dancer, but Betty finds that’s a tough racket too and decides city life on the loose isn’t for her.

  • Release Date

    1915-05-17

  • Average

    3

  • Rating:

    1.5 starts

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  • Genres

    ComedyDrama

  • Languages:

    No Language

  • Keywords

    lost film

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