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February 15, 1920

60 minutes

J. Stuart Blackton

Drama

Overview

Rich Southerner John Stanley Hale meets flirtatious actress Elizabeth Roddard, she induces him to marry her, but after several days of quarreling, he flees to Russia. After John's vessel is sunk in mid-ocean and he is reported dead, Elizabeth convinces her destitute and ailing friend Betty Blair to pose as John's widow in order to inherit his fine home in Alabama.

Movie Details

Release Date

February 15, 1920

Runtime

60 minutes

Director

J. Stuart Blackton

Production Companies

J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures

Cast

Sylvia Breamer

Betty Blair

Robert Gordon

John Stanley Hale

William R. Dunn

Clinton Hale

Bessie Stinson

Rita Middleton

Eulalie Jensen

Elizabeth Roddard

Margaret Barry

Madame Hale

Morgan Thorpe

Clayton Walpole