A Wife by Proxy (1917)

ALL 01/06/1917 (en) Drama 50 Min
  • Release
    01/06/1917
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    A Wife by Proxy
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. John H. Collins

    Director

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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  1. Mabel Taliaferro

    Jerry McNairne

  2. Bob Walker

    Norton Burbeck

  3. Sally Crute

    Beatrice Gaden

  4. Fred Jones

    Frederick Gaden

  5. Yale Benner

    Howard Curtis

  6. George D. Melville

    Timothy McNairn

  7. Ricca Allen

    Scraggs (housekeeper)

  8. Jerome N. Wilson

    Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)

  9. Edward Mack

    Flynn (the butler)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 9 , Crews : 5

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A Wife by Proxy (1917) 50 Min

ALL 01/06/1917 (en)
Drama
  • Release 01/06/1917
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Original title A Wife by Proxy
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. John H. Collins

    Director

  2. John B. Clymer, Charles Logue

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer