A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
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The people behind it
Stanley Lupino
Tom Daly
Thelma Todd
Pamela Berne
John Loder
Harry Berne
Gerald Rawlinson
Jerry
James Carew
Oliver Berne
Charles Mortimer
Mr. Daly
Hugh E. Wright
Father
Charlotte Parry
Mother
Arthur Rigby
Brother
Syd Crossley
Bleak (uncredited)
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