Mr. Meeson's Will

Nov 6, 1915

0h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

The wealthy, greedy publisher Mr. Meeson exploits the writer Augusta Smithers. After a shipwreck, Meeson has his dying will tattooed onto Augusta's back before he dies, setting up a dramatic legal battle in England over his fortune.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Thanhouser Film Corporation

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Cast

Augusta Smithers

Florence La Badie

Mr. Meeson

Justus D. Barnes

Lady Holmhurst

Ethyle Cooke

Dickie Holmhurst

Dorothy Benham

Eustace Meeson

Bert Delaney

Mr. Tombey

Lawrence Swinburne

S. Charles Gould

Samuel N. Niblack

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