Borrowed Finery (1925)
Dress model Sheila Conroy loses her job after ruining a gown she borrowed from her employer. Harlan, a criminal posing as a government agent, offers Sheila work as his assistant. She accepts for the sake of her brother-in-law, Billy, who embezzled money from his firm and is in danger of discovery. Her assignment is to obtain the necessary "evidence" on Mrs. Bordon, a wealthy widow who smuggled a valuable jewel into the country. Channing Maynard, a real government agent, reveals the truth to Sheila, and after they bring Harlan to justice, Channing takes Sheila for his bride.
- Date of release
- 1925-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Oscar Apfel
Casting
- Louise Lorraine — Sheila Conroy
- Ward Crane — Channing Maynard
- Lou Tellegen — Harlan
- Taylor Holmes — Billy
- Hedda Hopper — Mrs. Bordon
- Gertrude Astor — Maisie
- Trixie Friganza — Mrs. Brown
- Barbara Tennant — Lilly
- Otto Lederer — Heimedinger
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