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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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 15, 1920

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures

Cast

William R. Dunn,Margaret Barry,Bessie Stinson,Sylvia Breamer,Robert Gordon,Morgan Thorpe,Eulalie Jensen

Director

J. Stuart Blackton

Writer

Florence Myott,Stanley Olmstead

Producer

J. Stuart Blackton

Cinematography

William S. Adams

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0011621