Our Betters

Directed by George Cukor

Written by Jane Murfin, Harry Wagstaff Gribble, W. Somerset Maugham

Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.

Cast

Constance Bennett

Lady Pearl Grayston

Violet Kemble Cooper

Duchess

Phoebe Foster

Princess

Grant Mitchell

Thornton Clay

Charles Starrett

Fleming Harvey

Anita Louise

Bessie

Gilbert Roland

Pepi D'Costa

Tyrell Davis

Ernest