27 Mar 1914
An Engagement of Convenience
A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.
Ella Cinders
A COMEDY ON THE MOVIES WITH THE IRREPRESSIBLE COLEEN MOORE!
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.
Top Billed Cast
Colleen Moore Ella Cinders
Lloyd Hughes Waite Lifter
Vera Lewis Ma Cinders
Doris Baker Lotta Pill
Emily Gerdes Prissy Pill
Mike Donlin Film Studio Gateman
Jed Prouty Mayor
Jack Duffy Fire Chief
Harry Allen Photographer
D'Arcy Corrigan Editor
Billy Butts Neighbor Kid (uncredited)
John D. Bloss Child entering movie studio (uncredited)
E.H. Calvert Studio Actor (uncredited)
Wendell Phillips Franklin Union Ice Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Russell Hopton Studio Actor (uncredited)
Audrey Howell Child entering movie studio (uncredited)
Harry Langdon Himself (uncredited)
Malcolm Sebastian Neighbor Kid (uncredited)
Buddy Smith Neighbor Kid (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie Indian with Cigar (uncredited)
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