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Comedy

Help Yourself

1920•1h 10m•

★8.0(1 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

Emily Ray, who works in a department store, is taken in by her wealthy Aunt Carmen. Emily falls in love with Oliver Browning, but her aunt dismisses him as a nobody and a fortune hunter. Emily's wealthy married cousin, Rosamonde Vallant, always trying to keep up with the latest fads, gives a party in honor of Professor Syle, a distinguished radical who lectures her guests in "parlor Bolshevism," then takes them to Greenwich Village to meet his comrades.

Director

Hugo Ballin

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Main Cast

Madge Kennedy

Emily Ray

Roy Applegate

Alfonso

Helen Greene

Rosamonde Vallant

E.J. Ratcliffe

Merlin Vallant

Joseph Striker

Oliver Browning

Movies

Comedy

Help Yourself

1920•1h 10m•

★8.0(1 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

Director

Hugo Ballin

Watchlist

Main Cast

Madge Kennedy

Emily Ray

Roy Applegate

Alfonso

Helen Greene

Rosamonde Vallant

E.J. Ratcliffe

Merlin Vallant

Joseph Striker

Oliver Browning

Mrs. David Landau

Aunt Carmen

Renault Tourneur

Ordor Oskavitsch

Sydney Vautier

Professor Syle

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Hugo Ballin

Writing

Novel: Wallace Irwin

Cinematography

Director of Photography: J. Roy Hunt

Keywords

lost in the mgm vault fire

Did You Know?

The runtime is 70 minutes (1h 10m).

The film was directed by Hugo Ballin.

Cinematography was handled by J. Roy Hunt.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0195775.

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Rating

8.0/10

Great

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Help Yourself

Status:

Released

Language:

No Language

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

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