The Last of Mrs Cheyney (1929)

A jewel thief (Norma Shearer) posing as a rich widow corners British aristocrats at a country mansion.

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both very interested in the mysterious Fay. Invited to the house of Mrs. Webley, Fay is again the center of attention for Arthur and Elton with her leaning towards stuffy old Elton. When Arthur sees Charles, Fay's Butler, lurking in the gardens, he remembers that Charles was a thief caught in Monte Carlo and he figures that Fay may be more interested in the pearls of Mrs. Webley, which she is. After Fay takes the pearls, but before she can toss them out the window, she is caught by Arthur who is very disappointed in how things are turning out.




Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, George Barraud, Herbert Bunston, Hedda Hopper, Moon Carroll, Madeline Seymour, Cyril Chadwick, George K. Arthur, Frank Finch Smiles, Maude Turner Gordon, John Batten, Scott McKee

Mrs Fay Cheyney an adventuress poses as a wealthy Australian widow at a Monte Carlo hotel to fleece wealthy Mrs. Webley of a valuable pearl necklace. With her are Charles, the mastermind, and several other men who pretend to be her servants. Wavering between stealing the necklace and not, because she has fallen in love with Lord Arthur Dilling, Mrs. Webley's nephew, and has been accepted into "society," Mrs. Cheyney finally decides to take it during a houseparty at the Webleys'. Dilling discovers her with it and threatens to expose her unless she yields to his desires. Rather than yield to Dilling, Mrs. Cheyney, a principled woman, summons the guests to her room and confesses, leaving them to decide her fate. They plan to call in the police until Lord Elton, also in love with Mrs. Cheyney, recalls that she possesses a love letter he wrote her which could embarrass them all. The group decides to buy her off, but when she destroys both the letter and the check, they welcome her, as Lady Dilling, back into their society

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