A Daughter of Luxury

A Daughter of Luxury is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Powell and written by Beulah Marie Dix based upon the play The Imposter by Leonard Merrick and Michael Morton. The film stars Agnes Ayres, Tom Gallery, Edith Yorke, Howard Ralston, Edward Martindel, and Sylvia Ashton. The film was released on December 4, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.^[1][2]

A Daughter of Luxury
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Directed by	Paul Powell
Screenplay by	Beulah Marie Dix
Based on	The Imposter by Leonard Merrick and Michael Morton
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Agnes Ayres Tom Gallery Edith Yorke Howard Ralston Edward Martindel Sylvia Ashton
Cinematography	Bert Baldridge
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 4, 1922 (1922-12-04)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

When a lawsuit deprives a rich woman, Mary Fenton, of her wealth, she decides to impersonate another woman, Mary Cosgrove. The situation becomes sticky when Cosgroge turns up and demands Fenton be arrested.^[3]

Cast

• Agnes Ayres as Mary Fenton
• Tom Gallery as Blake Walford
• Edith Yorke as Ellen Marsh
• Howard Ralston as Bill Marsh
• Edward Martindel as Loftus Walford
• Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Walford
• Clarence Burton as Red Conroy
• ZaSu Pitts as Mary Cosgrove
• Robert Schable as Charlie Owen
• Bernice Frank as Winnie
• Dorothy Gordon as Genevieve Fowler
• Muriel McCormac as Nancy

See also

• The Impostor [it] (1918)
• The Darling of the Rich (1922)