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Almost a Husband (1919)

WILL ROGERS An actor that never acts

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 50M

Director : Clarence G. Badger

Synopsis

A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....

Actors

Will Rogers
Will Rogers
Sam Lyman
Peggy Wood
Peggy Wood
Eva McElwyn
Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis
Jerry Wilson
Clara Horton
Clara Horton
Jane Sheldon
Herbert Standing
Herbert Standing
Banker McElwyn
Ed Brady
Ed Brady
Zeb Sawyer
Sidney De Gray
Sidney De Gray
John Carruthers
Gus Saville
Gus Saville
Jasper Stagg
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Mary Jane Irving
Mary Jane Irving
Little Girl (uncredited)

Crews

Clarence G. Badger
Clarence G. Badger
Director
Opie Read
Opie Read
Story
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Executive Producer
Norbert Brodine
Norbert Brodine
Director of Photography
Marcel Le Picard
Marcel Le Picard
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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