# False Pride

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{{short description|1925 silent film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name =False Pride
| image = False Pride (1925) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = [Hugh Dierker](/source/Hugh_Dierker)
| producer = [Bernarr Macfadden](/source/Bernarr_Macfadden)
| writer =  [Lewis Allen Browne](/source/Lewis_Allen_Browne)
| narrator =
| starring = [Owen Moore](/source/Owen_Moore)<br>Faire Binney<br>[Ruth Stonehouse](/source/Ruth_Stonehouse)<br>[J. Barney Sherry](/source/J._Barney_Sherry)
| music = 
| cinematography =
| editing = 
| studio = MacFadden True Story Pictures
| distributor = [Astor Pictures](/source/Astor_Pictures)
| released = {{Film date|1925|11| }}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''False Pride''''' is a 1925 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Hugh Dierker](/source/Hugh_Dierker) and starring [Owen Moore](/source/Owen_Moore), Faire Binney, [Ruth Stonehouse](/source/Ruth_Stonehouse), and [J. Barney Sherry](/source/J._Barney_Sherry).<ref>Connelly p. 345</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''False Pride'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=59 |date=21 November 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/1006/mode/1up |access-date=10 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> a young man who prefers legal practice to a life of ease is engaged by a wealthy woman to investigate the past of her niece, whom she wishes to adopt. He falls in love with the girl as soon as he sees her, though he has no sympathy for many of her ideas and for her manner of living. After a series of incidents that almost result in his going to prison, the young attorney overcomes the young woman’s false notions about success. Then a wedding is arranged.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [Owen Moore](/source/Owen_Moore) as James Mason Ardsley
* [Faire Binney](/source/Faire_Binney) as Mary Sargent
* [Ruth Stonehouse](/source/Ruth_Stonehouse) 
* [J. Barney Sherry](/source/J._Barney_Sherry) 
* [Bradley Barker](/source/Bradley_Barker)  
* [Pauline Armitage](/source/Pauline_Armitage_(actress)) 
* [Jane Jennings](/source/Jane_Jennings)
}}

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''False Pride'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5117/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''False Pride'']</ref> it is a [lost film](/source/lost_film).

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0131380}}

Category:1925 films
Category:1925 drama films
Category:1925 English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Hugh Dierker
Category:1925 American films
Category:English-language drama films

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