Chickie

Chickie

1925 · 80 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Young stenographer Chickie Bryce dreams of marrying a millionaire. Until then, though, she is content to carry on with Barry, a lawyer from a nearby office. The relationship soon becomes serious, but one day Chickie meets an actual millionaire, Jake, who sweeps her off her feet. Barry tries to win her back, but his efforts are stymied by Ila, a girl who is in love with Barry and doesn't want him to get back with Chickie.

Directed by John Francis Dillon · Written by Elenore Meherin

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 29m together

Both from John Francis Dillon.

More from John Francis DillonSee all →

We ModernsWe Moderns · 1925
We Moderns
★ 10.01925
MovieComedy
Mary Sundale is a young woman who spurns her childhood sweetheart to attach herself to a large group of riotous, semi-artistic young people and becomes infatuated with a superficial poet and critic. One night this poet becomes too bold in his advances and is thrashed by the man who has been rejected. On a later night, the group holds a party in a dirigible. The ship crashes and fear grips the revelers. Mary, now disgusted with the group and all it represents, mends her manner of living and plans a future with the man who has always sincerely loved her. A lost film.
CareersCareers · 1929
Careers
★ 10.01929
MovieDrama
In French Indochina, a magistrate is assigned to investigate the murder of his boss. Unknown to him, the boss had a policy of requiring the wives of his subordinates to sleep with him if they wanted their husbands to get promoted. What he also didn't know was that his wife was in the boss' office when he was killed. Complications ensue.
The Right of WayThe Right of Way · 1920
The Right of Way
★ 10.01920
MovieDrama
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia.
Fast LifeFast Life · 1929
Fast Life
★ 9.01929
MovieCrimeDrama
A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of the murder and that the real killer has close ties to a powerful politician.
The Half-Way GirlThe Half-Way Girl · 1925
The Half-Way Girl
★ 9.01925
MovieDramaRomance
When her traveling theatrical group goes broke, Poppy, an actress in the troupe, finds herself stranded in Singapore. She's reduced to working in a bar in the seedy part of town as a "hostess", where she meets a down-on-his-luck Englishman. While drunk he gets into a fight, and is forced to kill his opponent in self-defense. The girl helps him escape and goes to Sam, a shady plantation owner, to try to get them out of Singapore. However, Sam has his own plans for Poppy, and they don't include potential rivals for her affections.
The Plaything of BroadwayThe Plaything of Broadway · 1921
The Plaything of Broadway
★ 9.01921
MovieDramaRomance
A beautiful young girl, Lola, is a dancer at a private club for wealthy men in New York City. Some of the club members make a bet that Lola can't seduce a young doctor, Jennings. Her attempt fails, and in order to find out why she follows him around and discovers that he runs a clinic on the city's poor Lower East Side. She begins to see the young doctor in a new light, and sets out to help him build the emergency hospital he's always wanted.
Man WantedMan Wanted · 1922
Man Wanted
★ 9.01922
MovieComedyDrama
Out of the RuinsOut of the Ruins · 1928
Out of the Ruins
★ 8.01928
MovieDrama
He hid from life in the ruins -he came out of the ruins to death! A man condemned to live in the shadow of a great love-never to realize it until he makes the supreme sacrifice.
Midnight LoversMidnight Lovers · 1926
Midnight Lovers
★ 7.51926
MovieWarComedy
During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called back into service and leaves for the battlefield. Not long afterwards she discovers evidence that her new husband has been cheating on her.
The Prince of HeadwaitersThe Prince of Headwaiters · 1927
The Prince of Headwaiters
★ 7.01927
MovieDrama
Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former marriage, which was broken up by his wealthy wife's upper-class relatives. His son, now a young man and unaware that Pierre is is father, is in danger of becoming the victim of blackmailer Mae Morin. Pierre sets out to save him from the notorious Mae.
A Self Made WifeA Self Made Wife · 1923
A Self Made Wife
★ 7.01923
MovieDrama
Tim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon works his way to the top of the social scale, but Corrie doesn't change at all--she stays a dour, drab woman with no social skills whatsoever. Tim gets so embarrassed by her that he hires a "social secretary" for her to teach her how to function in the social strata in which they find themselves.
Lilies of the FieldLilies of the Field · 1924
Lilies of the Field
★ 7.01924
MovieDrama
A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she attends a party with a friend of her husband's, and the man gets drunk and begins groping her when they get home. Her husband sees this and uses it as an excuse to sue his wife for divorce. In the ensuing trial he wins, due to fraudulent evidence, and gets custody of the child. Complications ensue.
Children of the RitzChildren of the Ritz · 1928
Children of the Ritz
★ 7.01928
MovieDrama
A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers. Complications ensue.
The Finger PointsThe Finger Points · 1931
The Finger Points
★ 6.41931
MovieCrimeDrama
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Dough and DynamiteDough and Dynamite · 1914
Dough and Dynamite
★ 6.11914
MovieComedy
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
The Big ShakedownThe Big Shakedown · 1934
The Big Shakedown
★ 5.91934
MovieDramaCrime
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter