| The Cheerful Fraud | |
| Director: | William A. Seiter |
| Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring: | Reginald Denny Gertrude Olmstead Otis Harlan |
| Cinematography: | Arthur L. Todd |
| Editing: | John Rawlins |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Cheerful Fraud is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1] [2] It is based on a 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne.[3]
Sir Michael Fairlie pretends to be the new employee at the residence owned by the Bytheways, in order to spend time with their social secretary, whom he has encountered in a London rainstorm, . Meanwhile, a notorious crook turns up at the house pretending to be Sir Michael, with an eye on stealing family jewels. The confusion is compounded when a blackmailer also arrives.
The film is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]