The Matrimonial Martyr (1916)
Erma Desmond leaves her uncle and aunt to visit a friend, Phyllis, in the city. There, she finds work as the companion to the highly temperamental Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Stanley has terrorized her husband to such an extent that he has gone away for a few months, purportedly to take their daughter to school, but mainly to get some peace. The servants, however, are still victims of her terrible fits until the day she decides to head for Reno to get a divorce.
Director: Sherwood MacDonald
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Ruth Roland as Erma Desmond / Bertie Stanley |
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Andrew Arbuckle as Prof. Stanley |
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Marguerite Nichols as Phyllis Burnham |
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R. Henry Grey as Elbert Chetwynde |
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Madeline Pardee as Mrs. Baddly Bytton |
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Lulu Bowers as Gilberta Stanley |
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Fred Whitman as Chester Clynch |
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Daniel Gilfether as |
| Directing | Sherwood MacDonald | Director |
| Camera | William Beckway | Director of Photography |