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The Fair Pretender (1918) [NR]

Featuring:
Madge Kennedy, Tom Moore, Robert Walker

Written by:
Florence Bolles

Directed by:
Charles Miller


Release Date:
May 19, 1918

Original Title:
The Fair Pretender

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 50

Overview from TheMovieDB

Madge Kennedy stars as a young woman of modest means, posing as a millionairess in order to attend a hoity-toity society ball, where she hopes to snare a rich husband. Here she meets handsome young Tom Moore, who is likewise impersonating a man of wealth.

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Overview from Open Movies

A young stenographer gains attention by pretending to be the widow of a Captain Brown, supposedly killed in the war. A wealthy family assumes her to be the widow of a real Captain Brown of their acquaintance and takes her in. But the real Captain Brown is neither dead nor far away, and complications erupt when he arrives.

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Production

Director:
Charles Miller

Director of Photography:
William Fildew

Writer:
Florence Bolles

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