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The Cheerful Fraud

1927 film by William A. Seiter

The Cheerful Fraud is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2] It is based on a 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne.[3]

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Plot

After encountering her in a London rainstorm, Sir Michael Fairlie pretends to be the new employee at the residence owned by the Bytheways in order to spend time with their social secretary. Meanwhile, a notorious crook turns up at the house pretending to be Sir Michael, with an eye on stealing family jewels. The confusion is compounded when a female blackmailer also arrives.

Cast

Preservation

The film is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Progressive Silent Film List: The Cheerful Fraud at silentera.com
  2. [2]
    The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Cheerful Fraud
  3. [3]
    Goble p. 59
  4. [4]
    The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cheerful Fraud

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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