Film

Beggar on Horseback

6.519251h 10mNRComedy

Age rating: NR
Director: James Cruze
Year: 1925

Neil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but, fearing poverty, proposes to wealthy Gladys Cady. Can he compose himself and find the courage to seek love over comfort?

Top cast

Edward Everett Horton

Neil McRae

Esther Ralston

Cynthia Mason

Erwin Connelly

Mr. Cady

Gertrude Short

Gladys Cady

Ethel Wales

Mrs. Cady

Theodore Kosloff

Prince in Pantomime

Betty Compson

Princess in Pantomime

James Pier Mason

Homer Cady (as James Mason)

Frederick Sullivan

Dr. Rice

Directed by

James Cruze

Written by

Marc Connelly, Walter Woods, George S. Kaufman