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The Love Expert
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The Love Expert

1920-04-17 · 60 min · ★ 5.9

Comedy · Romance

After neglecting her studies in favor of romantic experiments, Babs Hardcastle is thrown out of boarding school. In hopes of ceasing her romance studies, Babs’s father sends her to Boston to stay with her aunt. Boston, however, proves to be the perfect place for Babs’s matchmaking. When Babs falls in love with Jim Winthrop, she learns that he must find suitable men for his two sisters, Dorcas and Matilda, and his elderly aunt Cornelia, before he can marry. Babs, determined to marry Jim, takes it upon herself to find them all husbands.

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Directors
David Kirkland
Production companies
Constance Talmadge Film Company
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Constance  TalmadgeConstance TalmadgeBarbara “Babs” Hardcastle
John HallidayJohn HallidayJim Winthrop
Arnold LucyArnold LucyMr. Hardcastle
Natalie TalmadgeNatalie TalmadgeDorcas Winthrop
Fannie BourkeFannie BourkeMatilda Winthrop
Nellie Parker SpauldingAunt Cornelia
Marion SitgreaveAunt Emily
James SpottswoodMr. Thompson
David KirklandDavid KirklandMr. Smithers
Edward KepplerProfessor Blecker

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