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The Cheerful Fraud is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2] It is based on a 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne.[3]

The Cheerful Fraud
Directed by	William A. Seiter
Written by	Leigh Jacobson Sam Mintz Rex Taylor Harvey Thew William A. Seiter
Based on	The Cheerful Fraud by Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Reginald Denny Gertrude Olmstead Otis Harlan
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Edited by	John Rawlins
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 16, 1927 (1927-01-16)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Synopsis

After encountering her in a London rainstorm, Sir Michael Fairlie pretends to be the new employee at the residence owned by the Bytheways in order to spend time with their social secretary. Meanwhile, a notorious crook turns up at the house pretending to be Sir Michael, with an eye on stealing family jewels. The confusion is compounded when a female blackmailer also arrives.

Cast

Preservation status

The film is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Cheerful Fraud at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• The Cheerful Fraud is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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