Widow by Proxy

Widow by Proxy
Period advertisement
Directed by	Walter Edwards Fred Robinson ( assistant director)
Written by	Julia Crawford Ivers (scenario)
Based on	Widow by Proxy by Catherine Chisholm Cushing
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Marguerite Clark
Cinematography	Hal Young James Van Trees
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
Running time	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Widow by Proxy is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing that starred May Irwin. Julia Crawford Ivers provided the scenario and her son James Van Trees was one of the cinematographers.^[1][2][3][4] It is not known whether the film currently survives.^[1]

Cast

Production still for Widow by Proxy (1919)

• Marguerite Clark as Gloria Grey^[5]
• Agnes Vernon as Dolores Pennington (credited as Brownie Vernon)
• Gertrude Norman as Sophronia Pennington
• Gertrude Claire as Angelica Pennington
• Nigel Barrie as Lt. Steven Pennington
• John Gilbert as Jack Pennington (credited as Jack Gilbert)
• Al W. Filson as Alexander P. Galloway (credited as A.W. Filson)^[5]
• Rosita Marstini as Madame Gilligan

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Widow by Proxy at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Widow by Proxy
3. Widow by Proxy as produced on Broadway at the George M. Cohan Theatre, February 24 1913 to May 1913, 88 performances; IBDb.com
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Widow by Proxy
5. "Taylor – Marguerite Clark". The Times. January 9, 1920. p. 20. Retrieved August 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Widow by Proxy at IMDb
• AllMovie.com
• Still from the production (University of Washington, Sayre collection)