A Lady's Name

1918

50 min

English

She Was Engaged to be Married, Yet She Advertised for a Husband

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Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in order to elicit ideas for her new book. Mabel's roommate, Maud Bray, a physical culture expert, frightens away the less desirable suitors, while the writer responds to the more interesting letters, and soon becomes embroiled in a number of adventures.

Status
Released
Production
Select Pictures Corporation

Keywords

  • wager
  • novelist
  • partially lost film

Links

  • IMDb
  • Wikipedia

Top Cast

Constance Talmadge as Mabel Vere

Harrison Ford as Noel Corcoran

Emory Johnson as Gerald Wantage

Vera Doria as Maud Bray

Zasu Pitts as Emily

Jim Farley as Flood

Fred Huntley as Adams

Top Crew

Walter Edwards · Director

James Van Trees · Cinematographer

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