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False Pretenses

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.

Top Cast

  • Irene Ware

    Irene Ware

    Mary Beekman

  • Sidney Blackmer

    Sidney Blackmer

    Kenneth Alden

  • Betty Compson

    Betty Compson

    Clarissa Stanhope

  • Russell Hopton

    Russell Hopton

    Pat Brennan

  • Edward Gargan

    Edward Gargan

    Mike O'Reilly

  • Ernest Wood

    Ernest Wood

    Tiffany Cortland

  • Lucy Beaumont

    Lucy Beaumont

    Miss Milgrim

  • Marshall Ruth

    Marshall Ruth

    Gardner

  • Dot Farley

    Dot Farley

    Mrs. Smythe

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.

Rating

7.3 / 10
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Relative Values

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Relative Values

6.1 2000