Money Talks (1926 film)

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Money Talks
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Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by Jessie Burns
Bernard Vorhaus
Based onMoney Talks by Rupert Hughes
Starring Claire Windsor
Bert Roach
Owen Moore
Ned Sparks
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Edited by Ben Lewis
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 10, 1926 (1926-05-10)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Money Talks is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, Owen Moore and Ned Sparks. It is written by Jessie Burns and Bernard Vorhaus, based on the story by Rupert Hughes. The film is considered partially lost. [1]

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Plot

Sam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and still he is confident. When Phoebe boards a luxury yacht and is wooed by the captain, Sam comes aboard as a woman and tries to seduce the captain (in fact, a liquor smuggler), away from his wife.

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