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Millionaire for a Day (1921)
Directed by Wilfrid North, Aubrey M. Kennedy
Overview
Bobbie Walters, a cab driver in a Midwest city who is trying to save enough money to marry his sweetheart, Dorothy Wright, an attendant at the cigar and newspaper counter of a large hotel, is able to amass $15,000. He acts like a millionaire and soon is fleeced of the money by two Wall Street swindlers. Broke, Bobbie is forced to work as a bellboy at Dorothy’s hotel. After a series of struggles and adventures, Bobby wins a fortune in the oil fields of Louisiana, despite the efforts of his rivals, who dynamite his oil derricks.
Rated NR
Actors
Emily Fitzroy | Templar Saxe | Evelyn Sherman | Harry Burkhardt | Denton Vane | Maggie Weston | Arthur Guy Empey | Florence Martin | Chester Bishop | William Eville