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The Pretenders

ComedyDrama
9.0·1916·0h 50m

Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blanc...

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Cast

Emmy Wehlen

Emmy Wehlen

Helen Pettingill

Charles Eldridge

Charles Eldridge

Silas T. Pettingill

Kate Blancke

Kate Blancke

Maria Pettingill

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)

Howard Truesdale

Howard Truesdale

John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)

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Paul Gordon

Hubert Stanwood

Edwin Holt

Edwin Holt

Inspector Burke

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Jerome N. Wilson

Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)

DIRECTOR

George D. Baker

OVERVIEW

Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).