Beauty's Worth
NR
6.4
1922
1 hr 15 min
Drama
Prudence Cole is an unsophisticated Quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Prudence is flirted with by snobbish Henry Garrison, who actually disdains the girl for her lack of worldliness and savoir faire. When Henry and his friends try to embarrass her at a posh resort, Prudence turns the tables on them.
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- Cast：
- Marion Davies , Forrest Stanley , June Elvidge , Truly Shattuck , Lydia Yeamans Titus , Hallam Cooley , Antrim Short
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