The Pretenders

The Pretenders

Drama, Comedy | Aug. 21, 1916

Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).

The Pretenders

Drama, Comedy | Aug. 21, 1916

The Pretenders
Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).
Producers
Original title The Pretenders
Directors George D. Baker
Writers Rennold Wolf, Channing Pollock, George D. Baker

Cast

Emmy Wehlen

as Helen Pettingill

Paul Gordon

as Hubert Stanwood

Charles Eldridge

as Silas T. Pettingill

Kate Blancke

as Maria Pettingill

Edwin Holt

as Inspector Burke

William B. Davidson

as Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)

Howard Truesdale

as John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)

Jerome N. Wilson

as Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)

Ilean Hume

as Rita

Harry Neville

as Dugan

Hugh Jeffrey

as Andrews