The Saphead

The Saphead (1920)

Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter, and also nearly ruins the family business by selling off some stock at too low a price.

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  • Release Date: 1920-09-01
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Directors: Winchell Smith, Herbert Blaché.

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    Cast

    • Buster Keaton

      Bertie Van Alstyne

    • William H. Crane

      Nicholas Van Alstyne

    • Beulah Booker

      Agnes Gates

    • Irving Cummings

      Mark Turner

    • Edward Jobson

      Reverend Murray Hilton

    • Edward Connelly

      Mr. Musgrave

    • Edward Alexander

      Watson Flint

    • Carol Holloway

      Rose Turner

    • Jack Livingston

      Dr. George Wainright

    • Odette Tyler

      Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke

    • Katherine Albert

      Hattie (uncredited)

    • Henry Clauss

      Valet (uncredited)

    • Edward F. Cline

      Stock Exchange member (uncredited)

    • Alfred Hollingsworth

      Hathaway (uncredited)

    • Helen Holte

      Henrietta Reynolds (uncredited)

    • Jeffrey Williams

      Hutchins (uncredited)

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