01 September 1920 Drama, Comedy 77 mins
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter, and also nearly ruins the family business by selling off some stock at too low a price.
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Buster Keaton as Bertie Van Alstyne
William H. Crane as Nicholas Van Alstyne
Beulah Booker as Agnes Gates
Irving Cummings as Mark Turner
Edward Jobson as Reverend Murray Hilton
Edward Connelly as Mr. Musgrave
Edward Alexander as Watson Flint
Carol Holloway as Rose Turner
Jack Livingston as Dr. George Wainright
Odette Tyler as Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke
Katherine Albert as Hattie (uncredited)
Henry Clauss as Valet (uncredited)
Edward F. Cline as Stock Exchange member (uncredited)
Alfred Hollingsworth as Hathaway (uncredited)
Helen Holte as Henrietta Reynolds (uncredited)
Jeffrey Williams as Hutchins (uncredited)
Winchell Smith Director
Herbert Blaché Director
Winchell Smith Writer
Bronson Howard Writer
Victor Mapes Writer
Marcus Loew Producer
Winchell Smith Producer
John Golden Producer
June Mathis Screenplay
Marcel De Sano Assistant Director
F.H. Webster Art Direction
Harold Wenstrom Director of Photography
Buster Keaton Writer
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