The Education of Elizabeth

Released: January 16, 1921 (1921)

Runtime: 50 minutes

Genres: Comedy

Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Frederick Burton as Middleton
Age at release: 49
Lumsden Hare as Thomas
Age at release: 45
Billie Burke as Elizabeth Banks
Age at release: 36
Donald Cameron as Harry
Age at release: 33
Edith Sharpe as Lucy Fairfax
Age at release: 27
Fredric March as Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 23