Kathryn Adams and Frank Mayo in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)

A Little Brother of the Rich

Movie1919• 1h
Drama

Paul Potter, the captain of the Yale football team, becomes engaged to Sylvia Castle after promising her father that they will live in their hometown in Indiana. When Sylvia visits Yale for the senior prom, however, and sees that Paul is embarrassed by her small town manner and dress, and is attracted to Muriel Evers, a married society woman, she releases him from his promise. She then returns to Indiana while Paul advances to Wall Street. After Sylvia's father dies, she works and meets an alcoholic actor, Henry Leamington, who encourages her to become an actress while she helps him conquer his affliction. In New York, after Sylvia becomes well-known, she meets Paul, unhappily married to Muriel, and they realize that they still love each other. After Muriel dies in an automobile accident, Paul, thinking an actress wife would harm his business reputation, proposes that Sylvia become his mistress. Sylvia, now convinced of Paul's character, marries Henry.

Runtime
1h
Released
1919
Country
United States

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Release year: 1919

Storyline

Paul Potter, the captain of the Yale football team, becomes engaged to Sylvia Castle after promising her father that they will live in their hometown in Indiana. When Sylvia visits Yale for the senior prom, however, and sees that Paul is embarrassed by her small town manner and dress, and is attracted to Muriel Evers, a married society woman, she releases him from his promise. She then returns to Indiana while Paul advances to Wall Street. After Sylvia's father dies, she works and meets an alcoholic actor, Henry Leamington, who encourages her to become an actress while she helps him conquer his affliction. In New York, after Sylvia becomes well-known, she meets Paul, unhappily married to Muriel, and they realize that they still love each other. After Muriel dies in an automobile accident, Paul, thinking an actress wife would harm his business reputation, proposes that Sylvia become his mistress. Sylvia, now convinced of Paul's character, marries Henry.

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• Photo 2 and photo 3 on this page is the correct poster for "A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)"...but it is tagged INCORRECTLY with the names of the complete cast and crew from "A Little Brother of the Rich(1915)". The only people SHOWN on this poster are Kathryn Williams , Frank Mayo, J. Barney Sherry and Lila Leslie...(from the 191911 film) but can't be added on site, since the entire incorrect cast and crew from the 1915 film are locked in.

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Technical specs

Sound mix
Silent
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
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Kathryn Adams and J. Barney Sherry in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)Kathryn Adams and Frank Mayo in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)Kathryn Adams and Frank Mayo in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)Kathryn Adams, Lila Leslie, Frank Mayo, and J. Barney Sherry in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)Kathryn Adams, Lila Leslie, Frank Mayo, and J. Barney Sherry in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)Kathryn Adams and Frank Mayo in A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)