A Wife by Proxy 1917
A Wife by Proxy
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew... Jerry McNairne
BW
Bob Walker... Norton Burbeck
... Norton Burbeck
... Beatrice Gaden
FJ
Fred Jones... Frederick Gaden
... Howard Curtis
Genres:
Release Date:
Jan 06, 1917 (United States)
Run Time:
50`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
A Wife by Proxy
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
JC
John Collins... Director
Cast
... Jerry McNairne
BW
Bob Walker... Norton Burbeck
... Norton Burbeck
... Beatrice Gaden
FJ
Fred Jones... Frederick Gaden
... Howard Curtis
... Timothy McNairn
RA
Ricca Allen... Scraggs (housekeeper)
JNW
Jerome N. Wilson... Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)
EM
Edward Mack... Flynn (the butler)