''A Wife by Proxy'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John H. Collins and starring

Mabel Taliaferro Mabel Taliaferro (born Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro; May 21, 1887 – January 24, 1979) was an American stage and silent-screen actress, known as "the Sweetheart of American Movies." Early years Taliaferro was born as Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro i ...

, Robert Walker and Sally Crute.Lowe p.513

Cast

as 'Jerry' McNairn * Robert Walker as Norton Burbeck * Sally Crute as Beatrice Gaden * Fred Jones as Frederick Gaden * Yale Benner as Howard Curtis * George D. Melville as Timothy McNairn *

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as Scraggs (housekeeper) * Jerome N. Wilson as Guyler (Burbeck's lawyer) * Edward Mack as Flynn (the butler)

References

Bibliography

* Lowe, Denise. ''An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930''. Routledge, 2014.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by John H. Collins Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub