An American Widow

52min

Comedy

Drama

Wealthy American widow Elizabeth Carter plans to marry the Earl of Dettminster when lawyer Augustus Tucker informs her of a codicil in her late husband's will. The Carter fortune will go to nephew Pitney Carter, who is in love with Elizabeth, if her second husband is not an American. Elizabeth therefore pays penniless playwright Jasper Mallory $50,000 to marry her and schemes with actress Mme. Albani to provide grounds for divorce so that she may then make the earl her third husband.

Cast

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Elizabeth Carter
Irving Cummings

Irving Cummings

Jasper Mallory
H. Dudley Hawley

H. Dudley Hawley

Earl of Dettminster (as Dudley Hawley)
Ernest Stallard

Ernest Stallard

Augustus Tucker
Charles Dickson

Charles Dickson

Theodore Bacon
Alfred Kappeler

Alfred Kappeler

Pitney Carter (as Alfred Kappler)
Arthur Lewis

Arthur Lewis

Carstairs
Pearl Browne

Pearl Browne

Mme. Albani

Release date

17th Dec 1917

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language