False Pretenses
Comedy
Romance
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.
1935-10-21
en
Cast
Director
Charles Lamont
Irene Ware as Mary Beekman
Sidney Blackmer as Kenneth Alden
Betty Compson as Clarissa Stanhope
Russell Hopton as Pat Brennan
Edward Gargan as Mike O'Reilly
Lucy Beaumont as Miss Milgrim
Marshall Ruth as Gardner
Dot Farley as Mrs. Smythe
John Picorri as Soutar
William Humphrey as Newman