Almost a Husband (1919)
WILL ROGERS An actor that never acts
A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....
- Date of release
- 1919-10-11
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Clarence G. Badger
Casting
- Will Rogers — Sam Lyman
- Peggy Wood — Eva McElwyn
- Cullen Landis — Jerry Wilson
- Clara Horton — Jane Sheldon
- Herbert Standing — Banker McElwyn
- Ed Brady — Zeb Sawyer
- Sidney De Gray — John Carruthers
- Gus Saville — Jasper Stagg
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Mary Jane Irving — Little Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Almost a Husband is a lost 1919 American comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill. It is based on the 1897 novel Old Ebenezer by Opie Read. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Herbert Standing, Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, and Ed Brady. The film was released on October 12, 1919, by Goldwyn Pictures.
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