
The Snob
1921-01-01 · 50 min · ★ 10.0
At a college dance, Kathryn meets popular football hero, Bill Putnam. However, after discovering he is working his way through school as a waiter, she strikes his name from her dance card in disgust. Bill's wealthy friends decide to teach her a lesson by pretending that they are also waiters. Humiliated, Kathryn flees the party in a rage. After reflecting on her behavior, Kathryn realizes that work and service are virtues. To atone for her previous elitism, she takes a job as a waitress at a restaurant. Bill's friends eventually spot her working and inform him of her change of heart. Bill rushes to her, proposes marriage, and is eventually put in charge of her father's oil interests.
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- Directors
- Sam Wood
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- Realart Pictures Corporation
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Wanda HawleyKathryn Haynes
Edwin StevensJim Haynes
Walter HiersPud Welland
Sylvia AshtonMrs. Haynes
W.E. LawrenceCapt. William Putnam
Julia FayeBetty Welland
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