Pardon My French

Story

Synopsis

A traveling theatrical troupe is stranded in a small town, and the leading ingenue, Polly, returns to her New York City hometown broke. She and her friend Bunny, desperate for a job, convince the Hawkers, a "nouveau riche" family from Kansas, that they are French and an experienced maid-and-butler team. Young Zeke Hawker is smitten with Polly, but Polly is attracted to their neighbor, a famous actor named MacGillicuddy. One night at a swanky party given by Mrs. Hawker, her jewels wind up stolen, and Polly is suspected of it. Complications ensue until Polly discovers who the real thieves are.

Director

Sidney Olcott

Writers

Edward Childs Carpenter, Harry O. Hoyt, Irvin S. Cobb

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 September 1921

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Vivian Martin

  Polly

• George Spink

  Bunny

• Thomas Meegan

  J. Hawker

• Nadine Beresford

  Mrs. Hawker

• 

  Ralph Yearsley

  Zeke Hawker

• 

  Grace Studdiford

  Countess Carstairs

• Walter McEwen

  Marquis de Void

• Wallace Ray

  Ferdinand Aloysius MacGillicudy