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Children of the Ritz is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Francis Dillon released in USA on 17 february 1928 with Jack Mulhall

Children of the Ritz (1928)

Children of the Ritz
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Released in USA 17 february 1928
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

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

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Jack Mulhall

(Dewey Haines)Dorothy Mackaill

(Angela Pennington)Kathryn McGuire

(Lyle Pennington)Aggie Herring

(Mrs. Haines)
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