Nobody's Widow
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Nobody's Widow is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Leatrice Joy, Charles Ray and Phyllis Haver. It is an adaptation of a 1910 play of the same title by Avery Hopwood.[1][2]
Plot
After discovering that her husband has been unfaithful to her, an upper-class English woman moves to America to stay with a friends and pretends to have been widowed and attracts several suitors. Things become complicated when her husband arrives and courts her using an alias.
Cast
- Leatrice Joy as Roxanna Smith
- Charles Ray as Honorable John Clayton
- Phyllis Haver as Betty Jackson
- David Butler as Ned Stevens
- Dot Farley as Roxanna's Maid
- Fritzi Ridgeway as Mademoiselle Renée
- Charles West as Valet
Preservation
With no prints of Nobody's Widow located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]
References
- ^ The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism p.350
- ^ "Nobody's Widow". afi.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Nobody's Widow". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
Bibliography
- James Fisher & Felicia Hardison Londré. The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
External links
- Nobody's Widow at IMDb
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