A Wife by Proxy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Mabel Taliaferro

Jerry McNairne

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Bob Walker

Norton Burbeck

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Sally Crute

Beatrice Gaden

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Fred Jones

Frederick Gaden

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Yale Benner

Howard Curtis

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George D. Melville

Timothy McNairn

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Ricca Allen

Scraggs (housekeeper)

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Jerome N. Wilson

Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Arthur A. Ross
Writing	Story	John B. Clymer Charles Logue
	Scenario Writer	June Mathis
Directing	Director	John H. Collins
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