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False Pretenses(1935)
Status: Released
Date: 1935-10-21
73%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 8m
Overview:
A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Movie: False Pretenses
Top 10 Billed Cast
Irene Ware
Mary Beekman
Sidney Blackmer
Kenneth Alden
Betty Compson
Clarissa Stanhope
Russell Hopton
Pat Brennan
Edward Gargan
Mike O'Reilly
Lucy Beaumont
Miss Milgrim
Marshall Ruth
Gardner
Dot Farley
Mrs. Smythe
John Picorri
Soutar
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A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.
Release Date
1935-10-21
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