![A Wife by Proxy](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gtBinZl10Ys53emgw0sOdrLLhQh.jpg)
Plot
The film opens in Ireland, as a dying Patrick McNairne tells his daughter Jerry to go to New York and look up Norton Burbeck, a wealthy young man whose life Patrick had saved some time earlier (the surviving print, largely complete, lacks the second page insert of a letter explaining the full background). The affable Burbeck is due to inherit his uncle’s fortune provided he’s married by November; if not, the inheritance will go to his cousin Howard Curtis. An adventuress, Beatrice Gaden, and her husband Dick are in cahoots with Curtis: Beatrice pretends to be single in order to string Norton along up to the November date, at which time Curtis will come into the money and give a share to his unscrupulous partners.
Writer | Arthur A. Ross |
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Director | John H. Collins |
Actor | Mabel Taliaferro, Bob Walker, Sally Crute |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Columbia Pictures |