A Wife by Proxy (1917)
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.
- Date of release
- 1917-01-06
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John H. Collins
Casting
- Mabel Taliaferro — Jerry McNairne
- Bob Walker — Norton Burbeck
- Sally Crute — Beatrice Gaden
- Fred Jones — Frederick Gaden
- Yale Benner — Howard Curtis
- George D. Melville — Timothy McNairn
- Ricca Allen — Scraggs (housekeeper)
- Jerome N. Wilson — Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)
- Edward Mack — Flynn (the butler)
Interesting facts
A Wife by Proxy is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring Mabel Taliaferro, Robert Walker and Sally Crute.
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