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Movie Title

Lessons in Love (1921)

Comedy | May 1921

Cast:

Constance Talmadge, Flora Finch, James Harrison [ More ]

Director:

Chet Withey

Writer:

Grant Carpenter

Cinematographer:

Oliver T. Marsh

Production Company:

Constance Talmadge Productions
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CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Constance Talmadge Productions
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Chet Withey
Dir
PRODUCER
Joseph M. Schenck
Pres
WRITER
Grant Carpenter
Scen
PHOTOGRAPHY
Oliver T. Marsh
Dir of photog
ART DIRECTOR
Willard Reineck
Willard M. Reineck
Tech dir
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the play Perkins by Douglas Murray (New York, 22 Oct 1918).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
Douglas Murray
DETAILS
Release Date:
May 1921
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Constance Talmadge Productions
5 April 1921
LP16356
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
5,923
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a false report of Winkley's death. Indignant at his rebuff, Leila disguises herself as Perkins, a maid, and romances him, leading him to believe that Aunt Agatha is the heiress. Complications develop, and after saving her from a fire John discovers her identity and agrees to marry ...

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Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a false report of Winkley's death. Indignant at his rebuff, Leila disguises herself as Perkins, a maid, and romances him, leading him to believe that Aunt Agatha is the heiress. Complications develop, and after saving her from a fire John discovers her identity and agrees to marry her.

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GENRE
Genre:
Comedy


Subject
Subject (Major):
Aunts
Disguise
Heiresses
Inheritance
Lawyers
Maids

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