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The Lady Refuses

5.319311h 12mNRMovieRomanceDrama

A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.

DirectorGeorge Archainbaud
WritersWallace Smith·Robert Milton
ProducerWilliam LeBaron

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Cast · Directed by George Archainbaud

BCBetty Compson
Betty Compson
June
JDJohn Darrow
John Darrow
Russell Courtney
GEGilbert Emery
Gilbert Emery
Sir Gerald Courtney
MLMargaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston
Berthine Waller
ILIvan Lebedeff
Ivan Lebedeff
Nikolai Rabinoff
ENEdgar Norton
Edgar Norton
Dobbs
DPDaphne Pollard
Daphne Pollard
Millie
HHHalliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes
Sir James (uncredited)
DR
Dick Rush
Detective (uncredited)
RSReginald Sharland
Reginald Sharland
Freddy (uncredited)

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