The Pretenders
1916Upon 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).
Acted in
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)
Ilean Hume
as Rita
Harry Neville
as Dugan
Hugh Jeffrey
as Andrews