Widow by Proxy is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing that starred May Irwin. Julia Crawford Ivers provided the scenario and her son James Van Trees was one of the cinematographers.Progressive Silent Film List: Widow by Proxy at silentera.comWidow by Proxy as produced on Broadway at the George M. Cohan Theatre, February 24 1913 to May 1913, 88 performances; IBDb.com It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Cast
Marguerite Clark as Gloria Grey Agnes Vernon as Dolores Pennington (credited as Brownie Vernon) Gertrude Norman as Sophronia Pennington Gertrude Claire as Angelica Pennington Nigel Barrie as Lt. Steven Pennington John Gilbert as Jack Pennington (credited as Jack Gilbert) Al W. Filson as Alexander P. Galloway (credited as A.W. Filson) Rosita Marstini as Madame Gilligan
References
External links
AllMovie.com Still from the production (University of Washington, Sayre collection)