A Wife by Proxy (1917)Stream and Watch Online

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Released January 6th, 1917, 'A Wife by Proxy' stars Mabel Taliaferro, Bob Walker, Sally Crute, Fred Jones The NR movie has a runtime of about 50 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .