An American Widow Poster

An American Widow (1917)

0h 52m Dec 17, 1917
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.

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Movie Details

Original Title An American Widow
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
Elizabeth Carter
Popularity: 4.7
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings
Jasper Mallory
Popularity: 0.6
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H. Dudley Hawley
Earl of Dettminster (as Dudley Hawley)
Popularity: 0.2
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Ernest Stallard
Augustus Tucker
Popularity: 0.1
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Charles Dickson
Theodore Bacon
Popularity: 0.3
Alfred Kappeler
Alfred Kappeler
Pitney Carter (as Alfred Kappler)
Popularity: 0.2
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Arthur Lewis
Carstairs
Popularity: 0.3
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Pearl Browne
Mme. Albani
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Frank Reicher
Writer Albert S. Le Vino

Production

Metro Pictures Corporation
US

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Keywords

marriage of convenience lost film

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Details
Release Date December 17, 1917
Runtime 0h 52m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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