Movie: A Self-Made Widow

Top 8 Billed Cast

Alice Brady
Alice Brady

Sylvia

John Bowers
John Bowers

Fitzhugh Castleton

Curtis Cooksey
Curtis Cooksey

Bobs

Lila Chester
Lila Chester

Della

Herbert Barrington
Herbert Barrington

Crosby

Justine Cutting
Justine Cutting

Semphronia Benson

Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke

Butts

Henrietta Simpson
Henrietta Simpson

Lydia Van Dusen

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    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.

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    1917-07-23

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