Movie Description
Millionaire for a Day
(1921)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Aubrey M. Kennedy,Wilfrid North
- Producer : Arthur Guy Empey
- Writer : William Addison Lathrop
- Cast : Arthur Guy Empey,Harry Burkhardt,Florence Martin,Templar Saxe,William Eville,Denton Vane,Maggie Weston,Evelyn Sherman,Chester Bishop,Emily Fitzroy,Louise Best,Harry Lee,Louis R. Grisel,Victor A. Stewart,Al Davis,Harry Warren
Cast
Bobbie Walters
Jim Warner
Dorothy Wright
Gamble Mason
'Surething' Silvers
A get-rich-quick engineer
Bobby's housekeeper
Dorothy's mother
A Wall Street financier
A newly rich woman of the West
A newly rich woman of the West's daughter
The foreman
Real estate agent
Real estate agent
The financier's secretary
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Facts
Original TitleMillionaire for a Day
Status Released
Release Information
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1921-07-18
Original LanguageUnknown
Production CompaniesGuy Empey Productions
Genres
- Comedy
