Movie: Children of the Ritz

Top 8 Billed Cast

Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill

Angela Pennington

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall

Dewey Haines

James Ford
James Ford

Gil Pennington

Richard Carlyle
Richard Carlyle

Mr. Pennington

Evelyn Hall
Evelyn Hall

Mrs. Pennington

Kathryn McGuire
Kathryn McGuire

Lyle Pennington

Doris Dawson
Doris Dawson

Margie Haine

Aggie Herring
Aggie Herring

Mrs. Haines

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    A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers. Complications ensue.

  • Release Date

    1928-02-17

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    7

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