The Marriage Maker (1923)
A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.
Top billed cast
Agnes AyresAlexandra Vancy
Jack HoltLord Stonbury
Charles De RochefortSylvani (as Charles De Roche)
Robert AgnewCyril Overton
Mary AstorVivian Hope-Clarke
Ethel WalesMrs. Hope-Clarke
Bertram JohnsFish
Leo WhiteMorris
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