Respectable by Proxy

Running 1h and made in the United States, Respectable by Proxy (1920) is a Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Sylvia Breamer and William R. Dunn; J. Stuart Blackton directs. 1 vote put it at 10/10. Rich Southerner John Stanley Hale meets flirtatious actress Elizabeth Roddard, she induces him to marry her, but after several days of quarreling, he flees to Russia. After John's vessel is sunk in mid-ocean and he is reported dead, Elizabeth convinces her destitute and ailing friend Betty Blair to pose as John's widow in order to inherit his fine home in Alabama.