Beggar on Horseback

1h 10m
Comedy
6

Neil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but, fearing poverty, proposes to wealthy Gladys Cady. Can he compose himself and find the courage to seek love over comfort?

Cast

Edward Everett Horton
Neil McRae
Esther Ralston
Cynthia Mason
Erwin Connelly
Mr. Cady
Gertrude Short
Gladys Cady
Ethel Wales
Mrs. Cady
Theodore Kosloff
Prince in Pantomime
Betty Compson
Princess in Pantomime
James Pier Mason
Homer Cady (as James Mason)
Frederick Sullivan
Dr. Rice

Crew

James Cruze
Director
Marc Connelly
Writer
George S. Kaufman
Writer
Walter Woods
Writer
Karl Brown
Director of Photography
Hugo Riesenfeld
Music

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