False Pretenses (MOD) (DVD Movie) Ben Turpin Comedy Classics - Turpin Time (Broke In China / A Harem Knight / Why Ben Bolted / Yukon Jake) (Silent) Director John Huston would later

Director John Huston would later explore this character in the feature film

A monsoon strikes

When the letter garners major attention and begins to incite a grassroots political movement

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He's a shy civil servant (Bill Nighy

False Pretenses (MOD) (DVD Movie) Ben Turpin Comedy Classics - Turpin Time (Broke In China / A Harem Knight / Why Ben Bolted / Yukon Jake) (Silent) Director John Huston would laterOne night in a chance encounter, pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) meets millionaire Ken Alden (Sidney Blackmer). Unhappy with her station in life, Mary convinces Ken to introduce her (as the daughter of a wealthy friend) to high society. Banking on Mary's good looks, the two conspire to land her a rich husband at a social gathering, where Mary masquerades her way through a throng of admirers. She sets her sights on Pat Brennan (Russell