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A Little Brother of the Rich

0 %|Jul 7, 1919|Drama

Captain of the Yale football team, Paul Potter becomes engaged to his small-town Indiana sweetheart Sylvia Castle but once in the big city he becomes involved with married society girl Muriel Evers and finds Sylvia too provincial, ending their engagement. In time Sylvia meets alcoholic actor, Henry Leamington, who encourages her to become an actress while she helps him get sober. In New York she finds success and becomes reacquainted with Paul for whom she still has feelings, but comes to realize he is a lout and returns to Henry.

Featured Crew

Joseph Medill Patterson
Novel
Lynn Reynolds
Director
Phil Rosen
Cinematography

Cast

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Frank Mayo
Paul Potter
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Kathryn Adams
Sylvia Chase
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J. Barney Sherry
Henry Leamington
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Lila Leslie
Muriel Evers
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John Gilbert
Carl Wilmerding