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A Self-Made Widow (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Self-Made Widow (1917)

50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On the promise of marriage, Sylvia Smith, a simple girl from Lone Meadows, follows her lover to the city only to discover that he already has a wife. While wandering along the docks, Sylvia stumbles onto a suicide note written by Fitzhugh ...See moreOn the promise of marriage, Sylvia Smith, a simple girl from Lone Meadows, follows her lover to the city only to discover that he already has a wife. While wandering along the docks, Sylvia stumbles onto a suicide note written by Fitzhugh Castleton, a wealthy gentleman who has planted the note to avoid a loveless marriage. Rather than go back to Lone Meadows humiliated, Sylvia pays Crosby, a convicted forger, to impersonate Castleton, forge his name in a marriage ceremony, then disappear. Once Sylvia installs herself in the Castleton mansion, Castleton returns from a sea voyage and, disguised by a long beard, hires on as the gardener. Castleton soon becomes enamored of the impostor widow and she falls in love with him, but neither one will admit his deception to the other. When Crosby shows up and demands blackmail money, Sylvia slips away to the country. Through the jealous interference of Crosby's wife, Castleton discovers the truth about Sylvia and goes to Lone Meadows to marry her. See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Alice Brady Sylvia Sylvia See fewer	My Man Godfrey (1936)
John Bowers Fitzhugh Castleton Fitzhugh Castleton See fewer	Lorna Doone (1922)
Curtis Cooksey Bobs Bobs See fewer	Scaramouche (1952)
Justine Cutting Semphronia Benson Semphronia Benson See fewer	The Spurs of Sybil (1918)
Richard Clarke Butts Butts See fewer	The Spurs of Sybil (1918)
Henrietta Simpson Lydia Van Dusen Lydia Van Dusen See fewer	The Lightning Raider (1919)
Herbert Barrington Crosby Crosby See fewer	T'Other Dear Charmer (1918)
Lila Chester Della Della See fewer	Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914)