Bringing Up Betty (1919)

During a lawn party at his New York home steel magnate Theodore Morton claims he is bankrupt as a deterrent to Lord Dormer and the Duke of Medonia two fortune hunters competing for his niece Betty After the suitors depart unscrupulous Carl Gates is informed by his fiancée bankers secretary Adele Shelby that Theodore was lying Carl pursues Betty who accepts his proposal with the belief that the marriage will benefit her uncle During a yachting expedition with Carl Betty falls overboard and is rescued by architect Tom Waring who is competing in a race Tom wins with Betty on board and a romance develops