The Marriage Maker

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The Marriage Maker

1923

1h 15m

7.0(1 votes)

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.

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8 members

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Agnes Ayres

Alexandra Vancy

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Jack Holt

Lord Stonbury

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Charles De Rochefort

Sylvani (as Charles De Roche)

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Robert Agnew

Cyril Overton

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Mary Astor

Vivian Hope-Clarke

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Ethel Wales

Mrs. Hope-Clarke

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Bertram Johns

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Leo White

Morris

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