The Misleading Lady

The Misleading Lady

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 3, 1916

Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her proposition of giving her the leading part in his new production, "The Siren." Believing that she can get Parker to consent if she is persuasive enough, Helen has her fiancé, Henry Tracey, invite the theatrical manager to the party to be given by John W. Cannell so that she may work upon him. At the affair Helen manages to obtain Parker's consent to give her a trial it she is successful in having Jack Craigen, a friend of Cannell, who has been living in Patagonia for a long time and who is a woman hater, propose to her.

The Misleading Lady

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 3, 1916

The Misleading Lady
Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her proposition of giving her the leading part in his new production, "The Siren." Believing that she can get Parker to consent if she is persuasive enough, Helen has her fiancé, Henry Tracey, invite the theatrical manager to the party to be given by John W. Cannell so that she may work upon him. At the affair Helen manages to obtain Parker's consent to give her a trial it she is successful in having Jack Craigen, a friend of Cannell, who has been living in Patagonia for a long time and who is a woman hater, propose to her.
Producers The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Misleading Lady
Directors Arthur Berthelet
Writers H.S. Sheldon, Charles W. Goddard, Paul Dickey

Cast

Henry B. Walthall

as Jack Craiger

Edna Mayo

as Helen Steele

Sidney Ainsworth

as Henry Tracey

Edward Arnold

as Sidney Parker

Harry Dunkinson

as Boney

John Junior

as Keen Fitzpatrick

John Cossar

as John W. Cannell

Charles J. Stine

as Innkeeper

Grant Mitchell

as Stephen Weatherbee

Renee Clemmons

as Jane Wentworth

Frances Raymond

as Mrs. Cannell