Betty Takes a Hand (1918)

  • NR
  • 01/06/1918 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, Comedy
  • 1h 10m

Overview

Discovering that her father, Peter Marshall, had been defrauded by a business partner named James Bartlett, Betty goes to Los Angeles to visit her aunt, Mrs. Hamilton Haines, whose late husband had a hand in ruining Peter. Tom, Bartlett's son, has arranged a yachting trip for Mrs. Haines and her daughter Ida, and Ida, deciding that her cousin is too pretty to come along, persuades Betty to stay behind. Tom, on the way to the yacht after a quarrel with his father, passes the Haines mansion and, noticing a sign advertising room and board, stops. Meeting Betty who is posing as Miss Haines, Tom moves in and falls in love with his landlady. When Betty accidentally meets Tom's father, the old man is so captivated that he offers her $5,000 to marry his son. After Tom and Betty are married, when both fathers discover their in-laws' true identities they are first indignant but later are reconciled.

Jack Cunningham

Writer

Katherine Kavanaugh

Writer

John Francis Dillon

Director

Cast

Olive Thomas's headshot

Olive Thomas

Betty Marshall
Frederick Vroom's headshot

Frederick Vroom

Peter Marshall
Bliss Chevalier's headshot

Bliss Chevalier

Mrs. Hamilton Hines
Mary Warren's headshot

Mary Warren

Ida Hines
George Hernandez's headshot

George Hernandez

James Bartlett
Charles Gunn's headshot

Charles Gunn

Tom Bartlett
Margaret Cullington's headshot

Margaret Cullington

Miss Catherine
Graham Pettie's headshot

Graham Pettie

Gardner

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