Respectable by Proxy (1920)
Rich Southerner John Stanley Hale meets flirtatious actress Elizabeth Roddard, she induces him to marry her, but after several days of quarreling, he flees to Russia. After John's vessel is sunk in mid-ocean and he is reported dead, Elizabeth convinces her destitute and ailing friend Betty Blair to pose as John's widow in order to inherit his fine home in Alabama.
- Date of release
- 1920-02-15
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- J. Stuart Blackton
Casting
- Sylvia Breamer — Betty Blair
- William R. Dunn — Clinton Hale
- Bessie Stinson — Rita Middleton
- Eulalie Jensen — Elizabeth Roddard
- Margaret Barry — Madame Hale
- Morgan Thorpe — Clayton Walpole
- Robert Gordon — John Stanley Hale
Interesting facts
Respectable by Proxy is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Sylvia Breamer, Robert Gordon and William R. Dunn.
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