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Born Rich
Director:
Will Nigh
(Dir)
Release Date:
7 Dec 1924
Duration (in feet):
7,389
Duration (in reels):
8
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Cast:
Claire Windsor
(Chadyeane Fairfax)
Bert Lytell
(Jimmy Fairfax)
Cullen Landis
(Jack Le Moyne)
Doris Kenyon
(Frances Melrose)
Frank Morgan
(Eugene Magnin)
J. Barney Sherry
(Maj. Romayne Murphy)
Maude Turner Gordon
(Aunt Fairfax)
Jackie Ott
(Bugsy Fairfax)
William Burton
(Spinks)
Summary:
Ater Chadyeane Fairfax leaves her palatial home and fast friends to visit an aunt in France, her husband, Jimmy, falls for Frances Melrose, a flapper and goodtime girl. When Chad returns, she learns of Jimmy's indiscretions and, in order to excite his jealousy and renew his interest in her, she pretends to be infatuated with Jack Le Moyne, a jazz hound. This attitude serves only to drive Jimmy to drink and further indiscretions. After several years of separation, Jimmy suddenly discovers that he has been cheated by his financial advisor, Magnin, and that he is broke. Filled with renewed purpose rather than remorse, Jimmy is reconciled with Chad, only to discover that he has been saved from bankruptcy by a Major Murphy.
Production Company:
Garrick Pictures
Distribution Company:
First National Pictures
Director:
Will Nigh
(Dir)
Producer:
Will Nigh
(Prod)
Writer:
Harriet Underhill
(Titles)
Walter De Leon
(Titles)
Photography:
George Folsey
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Clark Robinson
(Art dir)
Country:
United States
Source Text:
Based on the novel
Born Rich
by Hughes Cornell (Philadelphia, c1924).
Authors:
Hughes Cornell
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Garrick Pictures
19/11/1924
dd/mm/yyyy
LP20784
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Genre:
Comedy
Sub-Genre:
Society
Subjects (Major):
Alcoholism
Flappers
United States--History--Social life and customs, 1921-1929
Marriage
Wealth
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