The Matrimonial Martyr

The Matrimonial Martyr

Comedy | June 18, 1916

Erma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds work as the companion to the highly temperamental Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Stanley has terrorized her husband to such an extent that he has gone away for a few months, purportedly to take their daughter to school, but mainly to get some peace. The servants, however, are still victims of her terrible fits until the day she decides to head for Reno to get a divorce.

The Matrimonial Martyr

Comedy | June 18, 1916

The Matrimonial Martyr
Erma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds work as the companion to the highly temperamental Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Stanley has terrorized her husband to such an extent that he has gone away for a few months, purportedly to take their daughter to school, but mainly to get some peace. The servants, however, are still victims of her terrible fits until the day she decides to head for Reno to get a divorce.
Producers Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Original title The Matrimonial Martyr
Directors Sherwood MacDonald
Writers

Cast

Ruth Roland

as Erma Desmond / Bertie Stanley

Andrew Arbuckle

as Prof. Stanley

Marguerite Nichols

as Phyllis Burnham

R. Henry Grey

as Elbert Chetwynde

Madeline Pardee

as Mrs. Baddly Bytton

Lulu Bowers

as Gilberta Stanley

Fred Whitman

as Chester Clynch