''Respectable by Proxy'' is a 1920 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

J. Stuart Blackton James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to ...

and starring Sylvia Breamer,

Robert Gordon Robert Gordon may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent-film actor * Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director * Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer * Robert Gordon (scr ...

and William R. Dunn.Darby p.3

Cast

* Sylvia Breamer as Betty Blair *

as John Stanley Hale * William R. Dunn as Clinton Hale * Bessie Stinson as Rita Middleton *

Eulalie Jensen Eulalie Jensen (December 24, 1884 – October 7, 1952) was an American actress on the New York stage and in silent films. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was selected as one of six extra girls from the 200 applicants responding to a ...

as Elizabeth Roddard *

Margaret Barry Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player. Biography Born Margaret Cleary in Cork into a family of Travellers and street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle ...

as Madame Hale * Morgan Thorpe as Clayton Walpole

References

Bibliography

* Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub