A newspaper reporter takes a job as the butler of a countess in order to get a story; he graduates to the position of personal representative, bodyguard, and, finally, husband.
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Francis X. Bushman as Richard Hasbrook
Beverly Bayne as Countess Ysioff
Lillian Drew as The Secretary
United States 23 June 1914
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22 October 1914
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28 January 1914
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27 June 1914
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01 January 1914
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