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  • Good References (1920)
  • Passed
    50 min | Comedy, Romance
Good References (1920)
Passed
50 min | Comedy, Romance

Mary Wayne (Constance Talmadge) is left alone and penniless in New York City after her father dies. She desperately needs a job after being thrown out of her apartment for causing a small fire while cooking. At an employment agency she ...See moreMary Wayne (Constance Talmadge) is left alone and penniless in New York City after her father dies. She desperately needs a job after being thrown out of her apartment for causing a small fire while cooking. At an employment agency she becomes fast friends with a sick girl, Nell Norcross, and assumes her identity and good references to start work as a secretary for elderly socialite Caroline Marshall, which soon involves playing wrangler to the lady's college-dropout nephew William "Bill" Marshall (Vincent Coleman). Bill is much more interested in going to illegal boxing matches with his buddy Peter Stearns (Ned Sparks) than in throwing lavish dinner parties for his family's high-society friends. While Mary tries to do her job and keep her true identity from being discovered, William begins to fall in love with her. Written by Will Forsythe See less
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Director
Roy William Neill (as R. William Neill)
Writers
Dorothy Farnum (scenario) | Burns Mantle (titles) | E.J. Rath (novel)
Cinematographer
Oliver T. Marsh (as Oliver Marsh)
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Updated Aug 31, 1920

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Aug 1920 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Constance Talmadge
Mary Wayne Mary Wayne   See fewer
Vincent Coleman
William Marshall William Marshall   See fewer
Ned Sparks
Peter Stearns Peter Stearns   See fewer
Nellie Parker Spaulding
Caroline Marshall (as Nellie P. Spaulding) Caroline Marshall (as Nellie P. Spaulding)   See fewer
Mona Lisa
Nell Norcross (as Mona Liza) Nell Norcross (as Mona Liza)   See fewer
Matthew Betz
Kid Whaley (as Matthew L. Betts) Kid Whaley (as Matthew L. Betts)   See fewer
Arnold Lucy
The Bishop The Bishop   See fewer
Dorothy Walters
The Landlady The Landlady   See fewer
George Fawcett
Major Colton Major Colton   See fewer
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