Widow by Proxy

1919 film by Walter Edwards
  • September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent

Widow by Proxy is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing that starred May Irwin. Julia Crawford Ivers provided the scenario and her son James Van Trees was one of the cinematographers.[1][2][3][4] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1]

Cast

  • Marguerite Clark as Gloria Grey
  • Agnes Vernon as Dolores Pennington (credited as Brownie Vernon)
  • Gertrude Norman as Sophronia Pennington
  • Gertrude Claire as Angelica Pennington
  • Nigel Barrie as Lt. Steven Pennington
  • John Gilbert as Jack Pennington (credited as Jack Gilbert)
  • Al W. Filson as Alexander P. Galloway (credited as A.W. Filson)
  • Rosita Marstini as Madame Gilligan

References

  1. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Widow by Proxy at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Widow by Proxy
  3. ^ Widow by Proxy as produced on Broadway at the George M. Cohan Theatre, February 24 1913 to May 1913, 88 performances; IBDb.com
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Widow by Proxy

External links

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  • Widow by Proxy at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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  • Still from the production (University of Washington, Sayre collection)
Production still


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