A Wife by Proxy (1917)
50 minAinda sem nota
The film opens in Ireland, as a dying Patrick McNairne tells his daughter Jerry to go to New York and look up Norton Burbeck, a wealthy young man whose life Patrick had saved some time earlier (the surviving print, largely complete, lacks the second page insert of a letter explaining the full background). The affable Burbeck is due to inherit his uncle’s fortune provided he’s married by November; if not, the inheritance will go to his cousin Howard Curtis. An adventuress, Beatrice Gaden, and her husband Dick are in cahoots with Curtis: Beatrice pretends to be single in order to string Norton along up to the November date, at which time Curtis will come into the money and give a share to his unscrupulous partners.
- Data de estreia
- 6 de janeiro de 1917
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Mabel Taliaferro como 'Jerry' McNairn
- Robert Walker como Norton Burbeck
- Sally Crute como Beatrice Gaden
- Fred Jones como Frederick Gaden
- Yale Benner como Howard Curtis
- George D. Melville como Timothy McNairn
- Ricca Allen como Scraggs (housekeeper)
- Jerome N. Wilson como Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)
- Edward Mack como Flynn (the butler)
Equipe
- John H. Collins · Diretor(a)
- John B. Clymer · Roteirista
- Charles Logue · Roteirista
- Arthur A. Cadwell · Diretor(a) de fotografia