The American Way

The American Way (1919) is a comedy, drama film directed by Frank Reicher.

English hellraiser Richard Farrington is sent by his wealthy titled parents for a visit to his aunt and uncle in Long Island, New York. On the ocean voyage, Richard meets Betty Winthrop, the ward of the wealthy Van Allen family. Introducing himself he mistakenly gives her the card of John Smithers, a conman who cheated him at cards in London. He follows Betty to the Van Allen estate, where he hears her declare that she would rather marry an American criminal than a weakling English aristocrat. Determined to win her over, he pretends to be Smithers, but things don't turn out exactly the way he planned.

Cast

Arthur Ashley

Richard Farrington

Dorothy Green

Betty Winthrop

Franklyn Hanna

Stuyvesant Van Allen

Lisle Leigh

Mrs. Van Allen

Edward Roseman

Bill Meginnis

Harry Semels

Half Breed

Carl Sauerman

Henry Steinmetz

Robert Fisher

Jerome Schwartz

Charles Wellesley

Lord Farrington

John Ardizoni

John Ardizoni

Hazel Sexton

Gina

Stewart Fisher

John Smithers