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Children of the Ritz is a 1929 drama film from First National Pictures. Starring Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall.

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Children of the Ritz
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Directed by	John Francis Dillon
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Edited by	Leroy Stone
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date	March 3, 1929 (1929-03-03)
Running time	7 reels (approximately 70 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

The movie was silent with its own Vitaphone soundtrack and sound effects recorded on Vitaphone phonographic records, and may have been released in dual silent and sound versions. The plot is based on a Cornell Woolrich story.

Plot

A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers.

Cast

• Dorothy Mackaill - Angela Pennington
• Jack Mulhall - Dewey Haines
• James Ford - Gil Pennington
• Richard Carlyle - Mr. Pennington
• Evelyn Hall - Mrs. Pennington
• Kathryn McGuire - Lyle Pennington
• Frank Hall Crane - Butler (*Frank Crayne)
• Edmund Burns - Jerry Wilder (*Eddie Burns)
• Doris Dawson - Margie Haines
• Aggie Herring - Mrs. Haines
• Lee Moran - Gaffney
• Jane Laurell - *uncredited

Preservation status

Children of the Ritz is now considered a lost film.

External links

• Children of the Ritz at IMDB
• synopsis at AllMovie

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