An American Widow

An American Widow

An American Widow

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An American Widow

1917

0h 52m

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Overview

Wealthy American widow Elizabeth Carter plans to marry the Earl of Dettminster when lawyer Augustus Tucker informs her of a codicil in her late husband's will. The Carter fortune will go to nephew Pitney Carter, who is in love with Elizabeth, if her second husband is not an American. Elizabeth therefore pays penniless playwright Jasper Mallory $50,000 to marry her and schemes with actress Mme. Albani to provide grounds for divorce so that she may then make the earl her third husband.

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Metro Pictures Corporation

Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Ethel Barrymore

Elizabeth Carter

Ethel Barrymore

Directing

Irving Cummings

Jasper Mallory

Irving Cummings

Acting

H. Dudley Hawley

Earl of Dettminster (as Dudley Hawley)

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Ernest Stallard

Augustus Tucker

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Writing

Charles Dickson

Theodore Bacon

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Acting

Alfred Kappeler

Pitney Carter (as Alfred Kappler)

Alfred Kappeler

Acting

Arthur Lewis

Carstairs

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Pearl Browne

Mme. Albani

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