The Love Piker

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The Love Piker
The Love Piker (1923, lobby card).jpg
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Written by Frank R. Adams
Frances Marion
Starring Anita Stewart
Robert Frazer
Betty Francisco
Cinematography George Barnes
Production
company
Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • July 22, 1923 (1923-07-22)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Love Piker is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Anita Stewart, Robert Frazer and Betty Francisco. [1] [2]

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Synopsis

A wealthy society woman falls in love with an engineer, but as their wedding approaches she is self-conscious about his old-fashioned poverty-stricken father and fails to invite him to the ceremony.

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References

  1. Munden p.459
  2. Connelly p.379

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