Beggar on Horseback

Neil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but, fearing poverty, proposes to wealthy Gladys Cady. Can he compose himself and find the courage to seek love over comfort?

Cast

Edward Everett Horton

as Neil McRae

Esther Ralston

as Cynthia Mason

Erwin Connelly

as Mr. Cady

Gertrude Short

as Gladys Cady

Ethel Wales

as Mrs. Cady

Theodore Kosloff

as Prince in Pantomime

Betty Compson

as Princess in Pantomime

James Pier Mason

as Homer Cady (as James Mason)

Frederick Sullivan

as Dr. Rice

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