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The Pretenders (1916)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).
- Emmy Wehlen as Helen Pettingill
- Charles Eldridge as Silas T. Pettingill
- Kate Blancke as Maria Pettingill
- William B. Davidson as Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
- Howard Truesdale as John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)
- Paul Gordon as Hubert Stanwood
- Edwin Holt as Inspector Burke
- Jerome N. Wilson as Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)