The Pretenders

Aug 21, 1916

0h 50m

★ 0.0

If the Man You Loved Was a Thief OR YOU THOUGHT HIM ONE-WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

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).

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Helen Pettingill

Emmy Wehlen

Silas T. Pettingill

Charles Eldridge

Maria Pettingill

Kate Blancke

Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)

William B. Davidson

John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)

Howard Truesdale

Hubert Stanwood

Paul Gordon

Inspector Burke

Edwin Holt

Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)

Jerome N. Wilson

Rita

Ilean Hume

Dugan

Harry Neville

Andrews

Hugh Jeffrey

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