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Our Betters
- Director: George Cukor
- Writer: W. Somerset Maugham; Jane Murfin
- Producer: David O. Selznick
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A bad comedy of manners with a camp dance teacher who will have you heaving in next to no time.
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The(ir) Blurb...
American heiress Pearl Saunders marries Lord George Grayston but later sees him embracing his lover on their wedding day. She has his title and he has her money; thereafter they are rarely seen together. Pearl is accepted by the British aristocracy and is presented at court, but creates a scandal by wearing black. She encourages her younger sister, Bessie, who idolizes her, to respond to the attentions of Lord Harry Bleane despite Bessie preferring American Fleming Harvey. Pearl gives a weekend party at the Grayston estate inviting close friends, including her lover, Arthur Fenwick; her friend, Duchess Minnie and Minnie's gigolo companion, Pepi D'Costa; as well as Bessie, Lord Bleane and Harvey. Pepi, who had been meeting Pearl on the sly, discretely suggests a rendezvous with her in the new teahouse on the property. Both make some pretext to leave but are seen by Minnie entering the teahouse.
Cast & Characters
Constance Bennett as Lady Pearl Grayston;
Violet Kemble Cooper as Duchess Minnie;
Phoebe Foster as Princess Flora;
Charles Starrett as Fleming Harvey;
Grant Mitchell as Thornton Clay;
Anita Louise as Bessie Saunders;
Gilbert Roland as Pepi D'Costa;
Minor Watson as Arthur Fenwick;
Hugh Sinclair as Lord Harry Bleane;
Alan Mowbray as Lord George Grayston;
Harold Entwistle as Pole - the Butler;
Virginia Howell as Mrs. Saunders;
Walter Walker as Mr. Saunders;
Finis Barton as Diana - George's Mistress;
May Beatty as Duchess of Hightower