The Beloved Cheater


1919

Film Details

Also Known As
The Pleasant Devil
Release Date
Dec 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Astra Film Corp.; Lew Cody Films Corp.
Distribution Company
Robertson-Cole Co.; Special
Country
United States

Synopsis

Kingdon Challoner cannot get his fiancée Eulalie Morgan, a member of the "Anti-Kiss Cult," to kiss him, so at a dinner party, he asks playboy Bruce Sands for advice. They arrange for Sands to steal a kiss from Eulalie in the dark, quickly leave, and have Kingdon take his place. Eulalie is aroused by the kiss, but she realizes it could not have been from Kingdon. When she discovers that it was Bruce, she announces that she is in love, and breaks her engagement with Kingdon, who leaves to get his pistol. Eulalie goes to Bruce's house to warn him, discovers a woman in bed and mistakenly assumes that she is Bruce's lover, whereas she is really his sister. Kingdon arrives, Bruce pacifies him, and advises him on the proper way to kiss Eulalie. The couple are reconciled while Sands consoles himself with thoughts of the discomforts of married life and the joys of being single.

Film Details

Also Known As
The Pleasant Devil
Release Date
Dec 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Astra Film Corp.; Lew Cody Films Corp.
Distribution Company
Robertson-Cole Co.; Special
Country
United States

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Notes

The title of the film was changed from The Pleasant Devil. Stephen Fox was a pseudonym for Jules Furthman. The full name of the actor credited as "Wang" has not been determined. A pre-production news item listed as additional cast members Ulrich Busch, Walter Morosco and Mary Busch.