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The Cheerful Fraud
The Cheerful Fraud
Directed by	William A. Seiter
Written by	Leigh Jacobson; Sam Mintz; Rex Taylor; Harvey Thew; William A. Seiter
Based on	The Cheerful Fraud; by Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Reginald Denny; Gertrude Olmstead; Otis Harlan
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Edited by	John Rawlins
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 16, 1927;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Cheerful Fraud is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2] It is based on a 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne.^[3]

Plot

Sir Michael Fairlie pretends to be the new employee at the residence owned by the Bytheways, in order to spend time with their social secretary, whom he has encountered in a London rainstorm, . Meanwhile, a notorious crook turns up at the house pretending to be Sir Michael, with an eye on stealing family jewels. The confusion is compounded when a blackmailer also arrives.

Cast

Reginald Denny as Sir Michael Fairlie
Gertrude Olmstead as Ann Kent
Otis Harlan as Mr. Bytheway
Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Bytheway
Charles K. Gerrard as Steve
Gertrude Astor as Rose
Luis Alberni as Valet
Wilson Benge as Butler

Preservation

The film is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[4]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Cheerful Fraud at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Cheerful Fraud
^ Goble p. 59
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cheerful Fraud

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The Cheerful Fraud at IMDb
The Cheerful Fraud is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: The Cheerful Fraud at silentera.com

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Cheerful Fraud

[3] Goble p. 59

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cheerful Fraud

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