The Girl in the Arm-Chair

Dec 13, 1912

0h 13m

★ 5.6

Overview

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Solax Film Company

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Cast

Peggy Wilson

Blanche Cornwall

Frank Waston

Mace Greenleaf

The Moneylender

Lee Beggs

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