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The Pretenders

9.0191650mMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorGeorge D. Baker
WritersGeorge D. Baker·Rennold Wolf
ProducerB.A. Rolfe

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Cast · Directed by George D. Baker

EWEmmy Wehlen
Emmy Wehlen
Helen Pettingill
CECharles Eldridge
Charles Eldridge
Silas T. Pettingill
KBKate Blancke
Kate Blancke
Maria Pettingill
WDWilliam B. Davidson
William B. Davidson
Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
HTHoward Truesdale
Howard Truesdale
John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)
PG
Paul Gordon
Hubert Stanwood
EHEdwin Holt
Edwin Holt
Inspector Burke
IH
Ilean Hume
Rita
HN
Harry Neville
Dugan
HJ
Hugh Jeffrey
Andrews

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The Pretenders hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 9, 1916. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.