Pleasures of the Rich is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and produced by Tiffany Pictures with a general distribution through Renown Pictures. The film featured several well known performers of the time, such as Helene Chadwick, Jack Mulhall, Hedda Hopper, and Mary Carr.

Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Henry Wilson, head of a grocery chain and a married man, suddenly becomes interested in Mona Vincent, a divorcee. Mona, wishing to have her own sugar daddy, also is trying to land Frank Clayton, a scion of wealth, with whom Wilson's daughter Mary is in love. Mona promises the daughter to give the father up if the daughter will give her Clayton. The daughter agrees and then tries to drown herself. After he tells his wife that he is leaving her for another woman, Henry Wilson learns that Mona is making a "boob" of him and hurries back to his wife. Mary is rescued and weds Clayton.

Cast
 Helene Chadwick as Mary Wilson
 Jack Mulhall as Frank Clayton
 Hedda Hopper as Mona Vincent
 Mary Carr as Kate Wilson
 Marcin Asher as Henry 'Pushcart' Wilson
 Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Clayton
 Dorothea Wolbert as Maggie the Maid
 Julanne Johnston as Phylliss Worthing
 Katherine Scott as Mrs. Worthing

Preservation
With no prints of Pleasures of the Rich locatedin any film archives, it is a lost film. Its trailer still exists and is housed at the Library of Congress.

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1926 romantic drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films based on short fiction
Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Lost American romantic drama films
Tiffany Pictures films
1926 films
1926 lost films
1920s American films
Silent American romantic drama films