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his speech. He soon revives, but declines seeing a doctor, instead taking something in a drink. Fraser, the head of his party, is fed up with Chilcote's latest failure and insists that he attend a meeting the next morning to discuss his political future. While walking home in the London fog, he bumps into his lookalike cousin, journalist John Loder, who chastises him for his disgraceful performance. He then goes to see his mistress, Lady Diana Joyce.
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he is attending a party. Brock tries to persuade Chilcote to return home, mentioning Lady Joyce. Misunderstanding, Chilcote also goes to the party. At the party, Lady Joyce dances with the unwilling Loder; she sees the scar on his wrist, confirming her suspicions. She tells Fraser, Lakely and Eve that Loder is an imposter. Loder spots Chilcote arriving and hides. Lady Joyce is thoroughly discredited when no scar is found on Chilcote's wrist.
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Loder and Eve fall in love; one night, he embraces and kisses her, but comes to his senses just in time. Meanwhile, Lady Joyce hires a private detective to investigate Loder's neglect of her. Upon reading his report, she brings a police inspector with her to confront the imposter at a nightclub where
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There is much civil unrest in England, as unemployed workers demand work. In Parliament, the government refuses to do anything, stating that things will work out without their interference. The opposition is counting on Sir John Chilcote to roast their inactivity, but he collapses at the beginning of
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It becomes clear that Chilcote is addicted to drugs. He also neglects his shipyards, and fires his business manager, Blessington. When Brock, the family valet, upbraids him too, Chilcote comes up with a plan. He persuades Loder to impersonate him and make the speech, then falls unconscious. Brock
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Eve, Chilcote's estranged wife, returns from France and tries to persuade Fraser and newspaper editor Lakely to give her husband one more chance to speak that night. More because they have no other choice than because of her pleas, they give in. Chilcote does not appreciate her efforts.
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Soon after, Chilcote dies. Brock tells the doctor he had brought too late that the deceased's name is John Loder. Loder is determined to end the deception, but he discovers that Brock has told Eve everything. She wants him to stay with her, so he does.
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Loder's impassioned speech is a rousing success. However, Chilcote's condition does not improve, forcing Loder to continue the masquerade. He goes from triumph to triumph, even settling a strike at "his" shipyards.
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finds them together. He soon figures out who Loder is and persuades him to speak in Parliament. Brock notices a scar on his wrist, acquired in the First World War.
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as a drug-addicted member of Parliament and his lookalike cousin recruited to take his place.
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Richard Wallace
Howard Estabrook
Moss Hart
The Masquerader
Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader
John Hunter Booth
Samuel Goldwyn
Ronald Colman
Elissa Landi
Juliette Compton
Gregg Toland
Stuart Heisler
Alfred Newman
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
United Artists
pre-Code
drama film
Richard Wallace
Ronald Colman
Elissa Landi
Juliette Compton
Samuel Goldwyn
United Artists
popular 1904 novel
1917 play
1922 silent film
dual role
Ronald Colman

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