The Faker (1929)

Rita Martin the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and astonish the rubes gets work as private secretary to John Clayton a wealthy man who has just disinherited his worthless son Frank and left his entire fortune to his upright stepson Bob Williams At Franks request the spiritualist later performs for the elder Clayton a seance during which Rita impersonates the late Mrs Clayton and arranges for a reconciliation between Frank and his father Rita falls in love with Bob however and in order to protect Bobs interests against Franks exposes the spiritualist as a faker Frank is disgraced in his fathers eyes and Bob quickly forgives Rita for her past complicity in Franks schemes