''The Misleading Widow'' (1919) is a silent film comedy directed by John S. Robertson and starring

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. The film is based on the play '' Billeted'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and

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and was produced by

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and distributed by

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. As it is not known whether the film currently survives, it is likely that it, similar to most of Burke's silent films, is a

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Plot

As summarized in an adaptation published in the September 1919 issue of ''Shadowlands'', Betty Taradine, who lives in a British village near an army base, was abandoned by her husband for her spendthrift ways. She reports that he is dead to obtain insurance money. Later, British officer Captain Peter Rymill is assigned to be billeted at her house, but he turns out to be her husband living under an assumed name. There are various romantic triangles involving other villagers, and the identity of the missing husband and existence of the marriage is revealed after a dinner with the guests gathered in the widow's bedroom. The setting of the film is in England as the Third Amendment to the

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prohibits the quartering of soldiers in a person's home without their consent.

Cast

- Betty Taradine * James Crane - Captain Peter Rymill * Frank R. Mills - Colonel Preedy (*this Frank Mills, a stage actor died 1921) *

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- Penelope Moon (billed Madeline Clare) *Fred Hearn - Reverend Ambrose Liptrott *Mrs. Priestly Morrison - Tabitha Liptrott (*aka Mary Florence Horne)Mrs. Priestly Morrison at IBDb.com
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Fred Esmelton Fred Esmelton (22 June 1872 – 23 October 1933) was an Australian-born American film actor, as well as a stage actor and director. He appeared in 30 films, usually in supporting roles, between the years 1916 and 1931. He was born in Melbo ...

- Mr. MacFarland *

Dorothy Walters Dorothy Walters (1877-1934) was an American stage performer and film actress noted for her work in vaudeville, in Broadway productions for nearly 30 years, and in silent films between 1918 and the mid-1920s. Early life and stage career Walte ...

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''The Misleading Widow''; allmovie.com''The Misleading Widow'' theatrical release poster
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