Sooner or Later

Sooner or Later

Comedy | Feb. 1, 1920

When newlywed Robert Ellis suspects that his missing wife is having a clandestine affair, he appeals to his friend, Pat Murphy, to find her. Pat's search leads him to the Waldorf-Astoria where he finds a woman named Edna Ellis and, assuming that she is Ellis' errant wife, kidnaps her and returns her to Ellis. Complications arise when the real Mrs. Ellis arrives home and discovers another woman. After several comic incidents, Pat falls in love with Edna and Ellis learns that his wife's secret rendezvous was with her sister.

Sooner or Later

Comedy | Feb. 1, 1920

Sooner or Later
When newlywed Robert Ellis suspects that his missing wife is having a clandestine affair, he appeals to his friend, Pat Murphy, to find her. Pat's search leads him to the Waldorf-Astoria where he finds a woman named Edna Ellis and, assuming that she is Ellis' errant wife, kidnaps her and returns her to Ellis. Complications arise when the real Mrs. Ellis arrives home and discovers another woman. After several comic incidents, Pat falls in love with Edna and Ellis learns that his wife's secret rendezvous was with her sister.
Producers Selznick Pictures Corporation
Original title Sooner or Later
Directors Wesley Ruggles
Writers R. Cecil Smith, Lewis Allen Browne

Cast

Owen Moore

as Patrick Murphy

Seena Owen

as Edna Ellis

Clifford Grey

as Robert Ellis

Amy Dennis

as Mrs. Ellis

John E. Brennan

as Charles Porter

Marie Burke

as Mrs. Hollander

Katherine Perry

as Miss Hollander