''Who Will Marry Mary?'' is a 1913 American

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starring

Mary Fuller Mary Claire Fuller (October 5, 1888 – December 9, 1973) was an American actress active in both stage and silent films. She also was a screenwriter and had several films produced. An early major star, by 1917 she could no longer gain role ...

. The film is a sequel to the 1912 serial, ''

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''. While most of the serial is considered to be

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, incomplete prints of episodes one and five survive in the EYE Film Instituut Nederland archive and at Keene Stage College respectively. A digitized print of the first episode "A Proposal From The Duke" was uploaded onto YouTube by the EYE Film Instituut Channel in 2016.

Cast

as Mary Cuyler *

Ben F. Wilson Ben F. Wilson (also credited as Benjamin Wilson; July 7, 1876 – August 25, 1930), was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era.Richard Tucker Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913January 8, 1975) was an American operatic tenor and cantor. Long associated with the Metropolitan Opera, Tucker's career was primarily centered in the United States. Early life Tucker was born Rivn (Rubin) Ticke ...

as Duke Leonardo de Ferrara *

Harry Beaumont Harry Beaumont (10 February 1888 – 22 December 1966) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked for a variety of production companies including 20th Century Fox, Fox, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn, Metro Picture ...

Miriam Nesbitt Miriam Nesbitt (September 14, 1873 in Chicago – August 11, 1954 in Hollywood) was an American stage and film actress. Biography Born Miriam Schanke or Skanke, she studied at the Stanhope-Wheatcroft Dramatic School, before landing a part in D ...

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* Harold M. Shaw * William Wadsworth * May Abbey * Frank McGlynn Sr. * Walter Edwin

Chapter titles

# ''A Proposal From The Duke'' # ''A Proposal From The Spanish Don'' # ''A Proposal From The Sculptor'' # ''A Proposal From Nobody'' # ''A Proposal Deferred'' # ''A Proposal From Mary''

References

External links

* * 1913 films 1913 lost films American black-and-white films Lost American films American silent serial films Lost drama films American action drama films 1910s action drama films Lost action films 1913 drama films 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub