Help Yourself
Cast & Crew
Hugo Ballin
Madge Kennedy
Joseph Striker
Mrs. David Landau
Helen Greene
E. J. Ratcliffe
Film Details
Synopsis
Emily Ray, who works in a department store, is taken in by her wealthy Aunt Carmen. Emily falls in love with Oliver Browning, but her aunt dismisses him as a nobody and a fortune hunter. Emily's wealthy married cousin, Rosamonde Vallant, always trying to keep up with the latest fads, gives a party in honor of Professor Syle, a distinguished radical who lectures her guests in "parlor Bolshevism," then takes them to Greenwich Village to meet his comrades. Emily attends the gathering, as does Aunt Carmen, who later invites the Bohemians to her home. There, overindulging in vodka, they become wild and disorderly. Oliver arrives just in time, and, with the servants' help, gets the guests under control. Eventually Emily marries Oliver, and society girl Vera Ballymore marries Professor Syle, launching him into a successful career as a lecturer in polite circles.
Director
Hugo Ballin
Cast
Madge Kennedy
Joseph Striker
Mrs. David Landau
Helen Greene
E. J. Ratcliffe
Sidney Vautier
Nellie Beaumont
Roy Applegate
Edward Bernard
Renault Tourneur
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The film was made under the title Trimmed with Red; ads for the film appeared in April 1920 using this title, and release charts in trade journals in April 1920 list Trimmed with Red as a seven-reeler. It is unlikely, however, that the film was released under this title. Trade articles from February 1920 list three additional cast members: Ada Shartle as Miss Driggs, Dorothy Millette as Edna, and George DuBois as Tony. These articles also credit J. L. Leonard, not Renault Tourneur, as Ordor Oskavitsch. Irwin's novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post before it was published in book form.
