The Adorable Cheat is a 1928 silent film starring Lila Lee and distributed by an independent film company, Chesterfield Motion Pictures. It was directed by Burton L. King with a copy being long held by The Library of Congress.

Summary

The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father—an old-fashioned sort who doesn't believe that "girls" belong in business—is planning on leaving the company to her wastrel playboy brother. In order to prove to her dad that she can handle the job, she disguises herself as an ordinary "working girl" and gets a job in her dad's plant. There she meets and falls in love with a clerk. She brings the young man home to meet her folks, but during the evening the family safe is robbed, and all signs point to her new boyfriend.

The Adorable Cheat

Cast

Lila Lee - Marion Dorsey

Cornelius Keefe - George Mason

Reginald Sheffield - Will Dorsey

Burr McIntosh - Cyrus Dorsey

Gladden James - Howard Carter

Harry Allen - 'Dad' Mason

Alice Knowland - Mrs. Mason

Virginia Lee - Roberta Arnold

Rolfe Sedan - Card Playing Guest

References

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1928 films

American silent feature films

Films directed by Burton L. King

American black-and-white films

Chesterfield Pictures films

1928 romantic drama films

1920s American films

Silent American drama films

The Adorable Cheat