False Pride

False Pride is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Owen Moore, Faire Binney, Ruth Stonehouse, and J. Barney Sherry.^[1]

False Pride
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Directed by	Hugh Dierker
Written by	Lewis Allen Browne
Produced by	Bernarr Macfadden
Starring	Owen Moore Faire Binney Ruth Stonehouse J. Barney Sherry
Production company	MacFadden True Story Pictures
Distributed by	Astor Pictures
Release date	November 1925 (1925-11)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] a young man who prefers legal practice to a life of ease is engaged by a wealthy woman to investigate the past of her niece, whom she wishes to adopt. He falls in love with the girl as soon as he sees her, though he has no sympathy for many of her ideas and for her manner of living. After a series of incidents that almost result in his going to prison, the young attorney overcomes the young woman’s false notions about success. Then a wedding is arranged.

Cast

• Owen Moore as James Mason Ardsley
• Faire Binney as Mary Sargent
• Ruth Stonehouse
• J. Barney Sherry
• Bradley Barker
• Pauline Armitage
• Jane Jennings

Preservation

With no prints of False Pride located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.