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A Fugitive from Matrimony

November 23, 1919

50 minutes

Henry King

Comedy Crime

Overview

The Riggs family, newly wealthy from Oklahoma oil, move to an estate in Ossining, New York, adjoining that of eligible bachelor Stephen Van Courtlandt, who wants to avoid marriage. Mrs. Riggs, anxious to break into society, wants her daughter Barbara to marry Stephen.

Movie Details

Release Date

November 23, 1919

Runtime

50 minutes

Director

Henry King

Production Companies

Jesse D. Hampton Productions

Cast

H.B. Warner

Stephen Van Courtlandt

Seena Owen

Barbara Riggs

Adele Farrington

Mrs. E. Elmer Riggs

Walter Perry

Zachariah E. Riggs

Christine Mayo

Edythe Arlington

Matthew Biddulph

Maurice Bradford

John Gough

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Lule Warrenton

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Irene De Voss

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