A Wife by ProxyMovie
The film opens in Ireland, as a dying Patrick McNairne tells his daughter Jerry to go to New York and look up Norton Burbeck, a wealthy young man whose life Patrick had saved some time earlier (the surviving print, largely complete, lacks the second page insert of a letter explaining the full background). The affable Burbeck is due to inherit his uncle’s fortune provided he’s married by November; if not, the inheritance will go to his cousin Howard Curtis. An adventuress, Beatrice Gaden, and her husband Dick are in cahoots with Curtis: Beatrice pretends to be single in order to string Norton along up to the November date, at which time Curtis will come into the money and give a share to his unscrupulous partners.
About A Wife by Proxy
A Wife by Proxy is a 1917 drama movie directed by John H. Collins.
The production information lists a runtime of 50m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Mabel Taliaferro, Bob Walker, Sally Crute, Fred Jones. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
