Film

Respectable by Proxy

1920 · 1h · Drama

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.

Sylvia Breamer

Betty Blair

William R. Dunn

Clinton Hale

Bessie Stinson

Rita Middleton

Eulalie Jensen

Elizabeth Roddard

Margaret Barry

Madame Hale

Morgan Thorpe

Clayton Walpole

Robert Gordon

John Stanley Hale

• J. Stuart BlacktonDirector · Producer
• Florence MyottStory
• William S. AdamsDirector of Photography

Release date

February 15, 1920

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Drama