The Pretenders

The Pretenders

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1916•50 min•ComedyDrama
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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
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).
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