Naughty But Nice(1927)
Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenice Summers (Colleen Moore) is catapulted head-first into High Society when her Uncle Seth (Burr McIntosh) strikes oil. Shipped off to a fancy boarding school, Berenice suffers at the hands of her snooty classmates, but the last straw comes when she's publicly humiliated by local wise-guy Paul Carroll (Donald Reed).
Movie: Naughty But Nice
Top 9 Billed Cast
Bernice Sumners
Paul Carroll
Judge J. R. Altewood
Alice Altewood
Ralph Ames
Mrs. Altewood
Miss Perkins
Uncle Seth Sumners
(uncredited)
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