The Girl in the Arm-Chair

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

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The Girl in the Arm-Chair

1912

0h 13m

5.7(16 votes)

Drama

Overview

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”.

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Blanche Cornwall

Peggy Wilson

Blanche Cornwall

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Mace Greenleaf

Frank Waston

Mace Greenleaf

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Lee Beggs

The Moneylender

Lee Beggs

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