False Pretenses (1935)

7.3/10 • 68 min • Comedy Romance

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.

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

William Humphrey

Newman

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