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An American Widow

An American Widow

1917•52m•Comedy•Drama

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.

Albert S. Le Vino · Writer

Frank Reicher · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime52m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 17, 1917

Actors

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Elizabeth Carter

Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings

Jasper Mallory

H. Dudley Hawley

Earl of Dettminster (as Dudley Hawley)

Ernest Stallard

Augustus Tucker

Charles Dickson

Theodore Bacon

Alfred Kappeler

Alfred Kappeler

Pitney Carter (as Alfred Kappler)

Arthur Lewis

Carstairs

Pearl Browne

Mme. Albani

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