''High Steppers'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by

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. The film is based on the novel ''Heirs Apparent'' by

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Plot

Julian Perryam ( Lloyd Hughes) gets thrown out of

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and returns to the family estate outside

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. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and their father, who's the editor of a tabloid scandal rag, is too busy to notice. He also discovers that his sister is in love with the scoundrel son of his father's publisher, Victor Buckland. Learning that Buckland is actually an embezzler, Julian gets a job as a reporter on a muckraking publication and sets out to expose Buckland.

Cast

* Lloyd Hughes as Julian Perryam *

Mary Astor Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in '' The Maltese ...

as Audrey Nye *

Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

as Evelyn Iffield *

Rita Carewe Rita Carewe (born Violette Fox, September 9, 1909 – October 22, 1955) was an American actress. Family Violette Fox was born on September 9, 1909 to Edwin Carewe (born Jay Fox) and Mary Jane Croft. She had a sister, Mary Jane. Fox's father, ...

as Janette Perryam * John T. Murray as Cyril Buckland * Edwards Davis as Victor Buckland

References

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films Films based on British novels First National Pictures films Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub