Almost a Husband

Oct 11, 1919

0h 50m

★ 0.0

WILL ROGERS An actor that never acts

Overview

A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Sam Lyman

Will Rogers

Eva McElwyn

Peggy Wood

Jerry Wilson

Cullen Landis

Jane Sheldon

Clara Horton

Banker McElwyn

Herbert Standing

Zeb Sawyer

Ed Brady

John Carruthers

Sidney De Gray

Jasper Stagg

Gus Saville

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Little Girl (uncredited)

Mary Jane Irving

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4.5

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0.0

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10.0

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5.3

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5.1

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6.1

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5.5

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5.5

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5.6

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5.3

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5.4

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5.6

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6.1

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6.1

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6.4

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7.3

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7.7

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6.8

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