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Widow by Proxy

0.00% | September 28, 1919 | Comedy, Romance

Spinster sisters Sophronia and Angelica Pennington of Massachusetts refuse to meet Dolores, the bride of their nephew Jack, because she formerly was an actress. After Dolores receives word that Jack died at the front in France, she moves in with Gloria Grey, who barely supports herself by giving singing lessons. Soon Gloria's money dwindles and her creditors become threatening. When Dolores learns that she will inherit $5,000 from Jack's estate, she refuses to accept it out of pride, but Gloria convinces Dolores that they should go to Pennington Manor with their identities switched. Gloria impresses the aunts when she says that her godmother is a duchess. She and Jack's brother Steven fall in love, and when he is notified to report to naval duty, he proposes that they marry immediately. They then learn that Jack is alive. When Jack finds out that his wife was about to marry his brother, he starts to leave brokenhearted, but he sees the real Dolores and matters are straightened out.

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Walter Edwards
Director
Catherine Chisholm Cushing
Screenplay
Julia Crawford Ivers
Writer
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Cast

Marguerite Clark
Marguerite Clark
Gloria Grey
Agnes Vernon
Agnes Vernon
Dolores Pennington
Gertrude Norman
Gertrude Norman
Sophronia Pennington
Gertrude Claire
Gertrude Claire
Angelica Pennington
Nigel Barrie
Nigel Barrie
Lt. Steven Pennington

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