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The Pretenders (1916)
Directed by George D. Baker
Overview
Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Emmy Wehlen | Charles Eldridge | Kate Blancke | William B. Davidson | Howard Truesdale | Paul Gordon | Edwin Holt | Jerome N. Wilson | Ilean Hume | Harry Neville | Hugh Jeffrey