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  • The House of Intrigue (1919)
  • 50 min | Crime, Drama
The House of Intrigue (1919)
50 min | Crime, Drama

Barbara Pretlow, an aspiring actress is evicted from her Manhattan room because she cannot pay the rent, innocently agrees to help divert attention from pickpocket Pinky McClone. Meanwhile, heiress Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett, who ...See moreBarbara Pretlow, an aspiring actress is evicted from her Manhattan room because she cannot pay the rent, innocently agrees to help divert attention from pickpocket Pinky McClone. Meanwhile, heiress Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett, who frequently becomes infatuated with men of suspect character, falls in love with a lifeguard who is one of Pinky's cohorts. When Clarissa's guardian, Wendy Washburn, investigates the lifeguard, he falls in love with Barbara. Because Wendy convinces Barbara, in the midst of a jewel heist, that her colleagues are criminals, she escapes, but afterwards she cannot find a job. When an old man offers her one thousand dollars to impersonate Clarissa, Barbara, hungry and despairing, accepts, but after she is asked to sign Clarissa's name to a will, she thwarts the crooks who, coincidentally, are robbing Clarissa's house. Wendy, who planned the thousand dollar offer as a test of Barbara's honesty, now accepts her, while Clarissa falls in love with the policeman arresting the crooks. Written by Pamela Short See less
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Director
Writers
Richard Schayer (scenario) (as E. Richard Schayer) | Arthur Stringer (novel)
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Updated Sep 21, 1919

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Sep 21, 1919 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Mignon Anderson
Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett   See fewer
Helene Sullivan
Kitty La Verne Kitty La Verne   See fewer
Peggy May
Barbara Pretlow Barbara Pretlow   See fewer
Bert Hadley
Bud Griswold Bud Griswold   See fewer
Lloyd Bacon
Pinky McClone Pinky McClone   See fewer
Donald MacDonald
Wendy Washburn (as Donald McDonald) Wendy Washburn (as Donald McDonald)   See fewer
Josephine Crowell
Aunt Betsy Aunt Betsy   See fewer
Alfred Fisher
Ezra Bartlett Ezra Bartlett   See fewer
Virginia True Boardman
Nurse Ledwidge (as Virginia Boardman) Nurse Ledwidge (as Virginia Boardman)   See fewer
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