The Love Piker Explained

The Love Piker
Director:	E. Mason Hopper
Starring:	Anita Stewart Robert Frazer Betty Francisco
Cinematography:	George Barnes
Studio:	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributor:	Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Love Piker is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Anita Stewart, Robert Frazer and Betty Francisco.^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

A wealthy society woman falls in love with an engineer, but as their wedding approaches she is self-conscious about his old-fashioned poverty-stricken father and fails to invite him to the ceremony.

Cast

• Anita Stewart as Hope Warner
• William Norris as Peter Van Huisen
• Robert Frazer as Martin Van Huisen
• Carl Gerard as Archie Pembroke
• Arthur Hoyt as Professor Click
• Betty Francisco as Edith Cloney
• Winston Miller as Willie Warner
• Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Warner
• Frederick Truesdell as Mr. Warner
• Robert Bolder as Butler
• Cordelia Callahan as Maid
• James F. Fulton as Judge

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p.459
2. Connelly p.379