Miss Brewster's Millions

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Miss Brewster's Millions
Miss Brewster's Millions lobby card.jpg
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Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Written byMonte Brice (adaptation)
Lloyd Corrigan (writer)
Harold Shumate (writer)
Based on Brewster's Millions
by George Barr McCutcheon
Brewster's Millions
by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Bebe Daniels
CinematographyH. Kinley Martin
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • March 22, 1926 (1926-03-22)
Running time
72 minutes;
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Miss Brewster's Millions ad in Motion Picture News, 1926 Miss Brewster's Millions ad in Motion Picture News (March 6, 1926 to April 24, 1926) (page 211 crop).jpg
Miss Brewster's Millions ad in Motion Picture News, 1926

Miss Brewster's Millions is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Clarence G. Badger directed and the ever-popular Bebe Daniels starred. [1] [2] [3] It was based on the 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon and a 1906 play adaptation of the same name by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, which had been filmed before in 1921 with Roscoe Arbuckle. [4]

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Plot

Polly Brewster, a penniless Hollywood extra, inherits one million dollars from her recently deceased father. However, young lawyer Tom Hancock informs her that she cannot spend the money but must invest it. Her Uncle Ned Brewster arrives and in revenge for indignities his brother made him suffer, he offers Polly his entire fortune of $5 million on the condition that she spend the inherited million within 30 days or less. Polly gleefully sets about investing, gives a great ball and fashion show, and runs down a man with her car and has him sue for a large sum. However, when the deadline arrives, Uncle Ned proves to be penniless; there is no $5 million to be inherited. However, Polly finds that her investment in a motion picture company has yielded a handsome return, and she finds happiness with Tom.

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Preservation status

Miss Brewster's Millions is now considered a lost film. [5]

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