A Wife by Proxy

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A Wife by Proxy (1917)

Directed by John H. Collins

Drama · 50m

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.

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Cast

Mabel Taliaferro Jerry McNairne
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Bob Walker Norton Burbeck Sally Crute Beatrice Gaden
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Fred Jones Frederick Gaden Yale Benner Howard Curtis
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George D. Melville Timothy McNairn Ricca Allen Scraggs (housekeeper)
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Jerome N. Wilson Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)
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Edward Mack Flynn (the butler)

Crew

Director
John H. Collins
Director of Photography
Arthur A. Ross

Details

Release date
1917-01-06
Runtime
50m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Columbia Pictures