Bringing Up Betty (1919)
During a lawn party at his New York home, steel magnate Theodore Morton claims he is bankrupt as a deterrent to Lord Dormer and the Duke of Medonia, two fortune hunters competing for his niece, Betty. After the suitors depart, unscrupulous Carl Gates is informed by his fiancée, banker's secretary Adele Shelby, that Theodore was lying. Carl pursues Betty, who accepts his proposal with the belief that the marriage will benefit her uncle. During a yachting expedition with Carl, Betty falls overboard and is rescued by architect Tom Waring, who is competing in a race. Tom wins with Betty on board, and a romance develops.
- Date of release
- 1919-07-28
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Oscar Apfel
Casting
- Evelyn Greeley — Betty Morton
- Reginald Denny — Tom Waring
- Grace Carlyle — Adele Shelby
- Maude Turner Gordon — Mrs. Potter
- Morgan Wallace — Duke of Medonia
- Lyster Chambers — Carl Gates
- Ben Johnson — Theodore Morton
- Joseph Weber — Silas Potter
- Oliver Smith — Lord Dormer
- Grace Hansen — Edna
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