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A Self-Made Widow(1917)
Status: Released
Date: 1917-07-23
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Time: 0h 50m
Overview:
On the promise of marriage, Sylvia Smith, a simple girl from Lone Meadows, follows her lover to the city only to discover that he already has a wife.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
World Film
Movie: A Self-Made Widow
Top 8 Billed Cast
Alice Brady
Sylvia
John Bowers
Fitzhugh Castleton
Curtis Cooksey
Bobs
Lila Chester
Della
Herbert Barrington
Crosby
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