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The Pretenders

The Pretenders

Release: 1916-08-21 ·Runtime: 50m
Comedy Drama

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).

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation