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Somebody's Widow

Somebody's Widow

1918Short⏱️ 14m
ShortComedy
6.5
IMDB Rating
22 votes

Billie is at a resort with her girlfriends when they spot Jack, a handsome playwright. The girls bet Billie that she can't win him over. She dresses herself as a young widow and is winning his affections, but her girlfriends spill...

Director
Scott Sidney
Writers
N/A
Stars
Billie Rhodes, Cullen Landis, Billy Bevan
Release Date
January 29, 1918
Language
None
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Billie Rhodes
Billie Rhodes
as Billie
Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis
as Jack Random
Billy Bevan
Billy Bevan
as Secretary

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Caulfield Photoplay Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Charming
by boblipton2024-12-01
7/10

"Screenwriter Cullen Landis and his secretary, Billy Bevan, come to the seashore to work on a serial. After finishing the next-to-last chapter, they take a walk on the beach. So intent on their plotting are they, they bump into a bevy of beautiful girls. One of them, Billie Rhodes, says she can have Landis at her feet by the end of the day. She dresses in widows' weeds and cries her eyes out, attracting Landis' sympathy and love. But one of her companions (who looks to me like Una Merkel, who was 10 when this was made) tries to spoil her game by telling Bevan what is going on. Most p..."

📖 Synopsis

Billie is at a resort with her girlfriends when they spot Jack, a handsome playwright. The girls bet Billie that she can't win him over. She dresses herself as a young widow and is winning his affections, but her girlfriends spill...