She Hired a Husband (1918)
Daphne Trowbridge, an impulsive and obstinate but nonetheless kindhearted young woman, lives with her aunt and uncle on their country estate. Daphne falls in love with Tom Dunstan, but when she learns that Mrs. Trowbridge favors the young man, she deserts him, whereupon he departs for the woods brokenhearted. Because her aunt dislikes Gerald, Daphne accepts his proposal, but on the day of the wedding, she discovers that Mrs. Trowbridge has liked him from the beginning. Furious at her aunt's scheming, Daphne hires the first man she meets, who happens to be a heavily bearded lumberman, to marry her and then leave. Later, however, her hired husband abducts her to his cabin in the woods, where he eventually succeeds in taming her. After he rescues her from two lecherous lumberjacks, Daphne discovers that her husband is Tom, whom she had loved all along.
Director: John Francis Dillon
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Priscilla Dean as Daphne Trowbridge |
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Pat O'Malley as Tom Dunstan |
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Marian Skinner as Mrs. Trowbridge |
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Frederick Vroom as Mr. Trowbridge |
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F.A. Turner as Colonel Dunstan |
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Charles K. Gerrard as Gerald Grant |
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Sam Appel as Le Grand |
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Harry Todd as Jerry Grogan |
| Directing | John Francis Dillon | Director |
| Writing | Rex Taylor | Writer |
