''The Adorable Cheat'' is a 1928 silent film starring
Lila Lee
Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel; July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.
Early life
The daughter of Augusta Fredericka Appe ...
and distributed by an independent film company,
Chesterfield Motion Pictures
Chesterfield Motion Picture Corporation, generally shortened to Chesterfield Pictures, was an American film production company of the 1920s and 1930s. The company head was George R. Batcheller, and the company worked in tandem with its sister st ...
. It was directed by
Burton L. King
Burton L. King (August 25, 1877 – May 4, 1944) was an American film actor and director. One of his best-known productions was '' The Lost Battalion'' (1919).
Selected filmography
* '' The Battle of Gettysburg'' (1913)
* ''Under the Crescent'' ...
with a copy being long held by The
Library of Congress
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.
Summary
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father—an old-fashioned sort who doesn't believe that "girls" belong in business—is planning on leaving the company to her wastrel playboy brother. In order to prove to her dad that she can handle the job, she disguises herself as an ordinary "working girl" and gets a job in her dad's plant. There she meets and falls in love with a clerk. She brings the young man home to meet her folks, but during the evening the family safe is robbed, and all signs point to her new boyfriend.
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Cast
*Lila Lee
Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel; July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.
Early life
The daughter of Augusta Fredericka Appe ...
- Marion Dorsey
*Cornelius Keefe
Cornelius Keefe (July 13, 1900 – December 11, 1972) was an American film actor.Pitts p.297
Selected filmography
* '' A Society Scandal'' (1924)
* ''Those Who Judge'' (1924)
* '' Lend Me Your Husband'' (1924)
*'' The Law and the Lady'' (1924)
* ...
- George Mason
*Reginald Sheffield
Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan (18 February 1901 – 8 December 1957) was an English-American actor.
Life
He was born as Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan on 18 February 1901 in the St. George's, Hanover Square district of London, to Matt ...
- Will Dorsey
*Burr McIntosh
William Burr McIntosh (August 21, 1862 – April 28, 1942) was an American lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of ''The'' ''Burr McIntosh Monthly'',[Gladden James
Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia.
Family
In 1914 he ...]
- Howard Carter
* Harry Allen - 'Dad' Mason
*Alice Knowland
Alice Knowland (1879-1930) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent era. She specialized in playing motherly roles.
Biography
Knowland was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Herbert Knowland and Fannie Warren. She told reporter ...
- Mrs. Mason
* Virginia Lee - Roberta Arnold
Minerva Bussenius (September 22, 1896 – August 27, 1966), known professionally as Roberta Arnold, was an American stage and silent film actress. She started in Los Angeles before moving to New York, appeared in leading roles in several Broadwa ...
*Rolfe Sedan
Rolfe Sedan (born Edward Sedan; January 20, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was an American character actor, best known for appearing in bit parts, often uncredited, usually portraying clerks, train conductors, postmen, cooks, waiters, etc.
Ea ...
- Card Playing Guest
References
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1928 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Burton L. King
American black-and-white films
Chesterfield Pictures films
1928 romantic drama films
1920s American films
Silent American drama films
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