My American Wife
My American Wife
Release: 1922-12-31
·Runtime: 60m
Drama
Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won a race at a South American track. Manuel gives a party in her honor, where she is insulted by one of the guests. Manuel knocks down the offender. The offender, whose father is a powerful figure in the country's politics, challenges Manuel to a duel, but also hires a man to hide in ambush and kill his opponent. Manuel is only wounded and Natalie nurses him back to health. Natalie loves Manuel and seeks to uncover the mystery of the bullet fired at him during the duel. A lost film.
Production Countries
Argentina
United States of America
Production Companies
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Cast
Edythe Chapman
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Aileen Pringle
as Hortensia deVereta
Walter Long
as Gomez
Mervyn LeRoy
as Extra
Josef Swickard
as Don Fernando DeContas
Eric Mayne
as Carlos DeGrossa
Frank Butler
as Horace Beresford (as F.R. Butler)
Jacques D'Auray
as Gaston Navarre
Loyal Underwood
as Danny O'Hare
Gloria Swanson
as Natalie Chester
Antonio Moreno
as Manuel La Tessa
Gino Corrado
as Pedro DeGrossa
