The Duchess of Doubt (1917)

The Duchess of Doubt

1917

Comedy Romance

Synopsis

Clover Ames's life consists only of the drudge work that she performs at her Aunt Sarah's boardinghouse. No longer able to withstand her aunt's abuse, Clover runs away and obtains a job as a maid to a wealthy woman. Willed $7,000 by Pierre Dubois, a boarder at her aunt's house, Clover, inspired by a novel that she has read, poses as a duchess at a fashionable winter resort. There she meets and falls in love with Walter Gray, who is also traveling incognito as a ribbon clerk. When Clover's money runs out, her trick is discovered and she vanishes. Obtaining employment in Gray's department store, Clover learns that her ribbon clerk is actually the owner's son, who rushes her to the wedding bureau.

Credits

Director

George D. Baker

Cast

Charles Eldridge as Walter Gray Sr.

Emmy Wehlen as Clover Ames

Frank Currier as Pierre Dubois

Frederick Truesdell as Henry Strang

George Christie as Walter Gray

Ilean Hume as Alice Harris

Kate Blancke as Mrs. Brentwood

Peggy Parr as Helen Brentwood