The Poverty of Riches

1921 film

The Poverty of Riches is a lost^[1][2] 1921 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy and Louise Lovely. It was based on a 1914 short story by Leroy Scott.^[3]

Plot

Cast

• Richard Dix as John Colby
• Leatrice Joy as Katherine Colby
• John Bowers as Tom Donaldson
• Louise Lovely as Grace Donaldson
• Irene Rich as Mrs. Holt
• DeWitt Jennings as Lyons
• Dave Winter as Stephen Phillips
• Roy Laidlaw as Hendron
• John Cossar as Edward Phillips Sr
• Frankie Lee as John (in prologue)
• Dorothy Hughes as Katherine (in prologue)

References

1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Poverty of Riches
2. The Poverty of Riches at silentera.com
3. Goble p.914

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Poverty of Riches at IMDb