Kept Husbands

A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.

Cast

Dorothy Mackaill

as Dorothea "Dot" Helen Parker Brunton

Joel McCrea

as Richard Brunton

Clara Kimball Young

as Henrietta Post

Ned Sparks

as Hughie Hanready

Mary Carr

as Mrs. Brunton

Robert McWade

as Arthur Parker

Bryant Washburn

as Charlie Bates

Florence Roberts

as Henrietta Parker

Freeman Wood

as Llewllyn Post

Eddy Chandler

as Steelworker (uncredited)

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