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The Misleading Lady
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The Misleading Lady

Jan 3, 1916
0h 50m
★ 0.0

The story of a kidnapping of a modern society bride.

Overview

Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her proposition of giving her the leading part in his new production, "The Siren." Believing that she can get Parker to consent if she is persuasive enough, Helen has her fiancé, Henry Tracey, invite the theatrical manager to the party to be given by John W. Cannell so that she may work upon him. At the affair Helen manages to obtain Parker's consent to give her a trial it she is successful in having Jack Craigen, a friend of Cannell, who has been living in Patagonia for a long time and who is a woman hater, propose to her.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Henry B. Walthall

Jack Craiger

Henry B. Walthall

Edna Mayo

Helen Steele

Edna Mayo

Sidney Ainsworth

Henry Tracey

Sidney Ainsworth

Edward Arnold

Sidney Parker

Edward Arnold

Harry Dunkinson

Boney

Harry Dunkinson

John Junior

Keen Fitzpatrick

John Junior

John Cossar

John W. Cannell

John Cossar

Charles J. Stine

Innkeeper

Charles J. Stine

Grant Mitchell

Stephen Weatherbee

Grant Mitchell

Renee Clemmons

Jane Wentworth

Renee Clemmons

Frances Raymond

Mrs. Cannell

Frances Raymond