My Best Girl

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Maggie Johnson

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

as Joe Grant

Sunshine Hart

as Ma Johnson

Lucien Littlefield

as Pa Johnson

Carmelita Geraghty

as Liz Johnson

Hobart Bosworth

as Robert Merrill

Evelyn Hall

as Esther Merrill

Avonne Taylor

as Millicent Rogers

Mack Swain

as Judge

Junior Johnston

as Nick Powell

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