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A Lady's Name

She Was Engaged to be Married, Yet She Advertised for a Husband

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The Film

A Lady's Name

She Was Engaged to be Married, Yet She Advertised for a Husband

The Story

Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in order to elicit ideas for her new book. Mabel's roommate, Maud Bray, a physical culture expert, frightens away the less desirable suitors, while the writer responds to the more interesting letters, and soon becomes embroiled in a number of adventures.

Runtime

50 min

Released Dec 1918
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