An American Widow (1917)
Wealthy American widow Elizabeth Carter plans to marry the Earl of Dettminster when lawyer Augustus Tucker informs her of a codicil in her late husband's will. The Carter fortune will go to nephew Pitney Carter, who is in love with Elizabeth, if her second husband is not an American. Elizabeth therefore pays penniless playwright Jasper Mallory $50,000 to marry her and schemes with actress Mme. Albani to provide grounds for divorce so that she may then make the earl her third husband.
- Date of release
- 1917-12-17
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Frank Reicher
Casting
- Ethel Barrymore — Elizabeth Carter
- Irving Cummings — Jasper Mallory
- H. Dudley Hawley — Earl of Dettminster (as Dudley Hawley)
- Ernest Stallard — Augustus Tucker
- Charles Dickson — Theodore Bacon
- Alfred Kappeler — Pitney Carter (as Alfred Kappler)
- Arthur Lewis — Carstairs
- Pearl Browne — Mme. Albani
Interesting facts
An American Widow is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Ethel Barrymore. It is based on a 1909 play by Kellett Chambers. Metro Pictures produced and distributed.
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