Cheap Kisses (1924)
Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy, Donald Dillingham causes even greater disapproval by marrying chorus girl Ardell Kendall. Learning that famous sculptor Gustaf Borgstrom wishes to use Ardell as model, the Dillinghams suddenly welcome Donald and Ardell to their estate. Donald surrenders to both the jazzy pleasures and the attentions of Maybelle Wescott, but Ardell remains aloof and in order to pay off Maybelle threatens Mr. Dillingham with exposure of his infatuation with a chorus girl.
- Date of release
- 1924-12-21
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John Ince, Cullen Tate
Casting
- Lillian Rich — Ardell Kendell
- Cullen Landis — Donald Dillingham
- Vera Reynolds — Kitty Dillingham
- Phillips Smalley — George Wescott
- Louise Dresser — Jane Dillingham
- Jean Hersholt — Gustaf Borgstrom
- Bessie Eyton — Maybelle Wescott
- Lincoln Stedman — Bill Kendall
- Kathleen Myers — Mignon De Lisle
- Sidney De Gray — Henry Dillingham
- Michael Dark — Butterworth Little
- Tom Ricketts — The Old Man
Interesting facts
Cheap Kisses is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Jean Hersholt as a famous sculptor. This was the first film made by screenwriter C. Gardner Sullivan through his new production company, C. Gardner Sullivan Productions. Sullivan also wrote the screenplay. The film was described as "a virile, fast-moving, jazzy story of the present day and age. It shows the peril to the youth of the land along the cocktail, petting-party route."
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