The Pretenders (1916)

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).

Cast

Helen Pettingill
Hubert Stanwood
Silas T. Pettingill
Maria Pettingill
Inspector Burke
Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)
Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)

Crew