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DATE
PAGE
ETR
16 Oct 1920
p. 2092
MPN
12 Jun 1920
p. 4794
MPN
26 Jun 1920
p. 84
MPN
25 Dec 1920
p. 1277
MPN
16 Oct 1920
p. 3087
MPN
23 Oct 1920
p. 3130
MPW
16 Oct 1920
p. 993
New York Times
4 Oct 1920
p. 14
Wid's
10 Oct 1920
p. 19
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Asst dir
WRITERS
Tom Geraghty
Scen
PHOTOGRAPHY
ART DIRECTOR
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the short stories "You Never Can Tell" and "Class" by Grace Lovell Bryan in The Saturday Evening Post (22 Nov 1919).
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DETAILS
Release Date:
22 September 1920
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Realart Pictures Corp.
22 September 1920
LP18351
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
5,302
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

While trying on an expensive fur coat belonging to one of the guests at the hotel where she works, hat check girl Rowena Jones attracts the attention of wealthy playboy William Vaughn. Determined to marry a millionaire in order to alleviate her family's financial woes, Rowena accepts Vaughn's dinner invitation. That afternoon, while modeling at a fashion show, Rowena is attracted to a young man, but because he appears to be a poor chauffeur, she continues her pursuit of Vaughn. However, when Vaughn's wife appears at dinner, Rowena consents to go to a masked ball with her chauffeur. Arriving at the ball, she is pleasantly surprised to discover that her sweetheart is not a chauffeur but a millionaire, and thus meets her criterion for a ...

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While trying on an expensive fur coat belonging to one of the guests at the hotel where she works, hat check girl Rowena Jones attracts the attention of wealthy playboy William Vaughn. Determined to marry a millionaire in order to alleviate her family's financial woes, Rowena accepts Vaughn's dinner invitation. That afternoon, while modeling at a fashion show, Rowena is attracted to a young man, but because he appears to be a poor chauffeur, she continues her pursuit of Vaughn. However, when Vaughn's wife appears at dinner, Rowena consents to go to a masked ball with her chauffeur. Arriving at the ball, she is pleasantly surprised to discover that her sweetheart is not a chauffeur but a millionaire, and thus meets her criterion for a husband.

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