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1919 film by Clarence G. Badger

Almost a Husband
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Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Written by	Robert F. Hill
Based on	Old Ebenezer by Opie Read
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Will Rogers Peggy Wood Herbert Standing Cullen Landis Clara Horton Ed Brady
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine Marcel Le Picard
Production company	Goldwyn Pictures
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	October 12, 1919 (1919-10-12)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Almost a Husband is a lost 1919 American comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill. It is based on the 1897 novel Old Ebenezer by Opie Read. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Herbert Standing, Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, and Ed Brady. The film was released on October 12, 1919, by Goldwyn Pictures.

Plot

A New England schoolteacher moves to a small Southern town and comes to the aid of many local people, including a young woman who faces unwanted romantic advances from another man. He pretends to marry the woman, but their marriage ends up being real.

Cast

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

References

The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Almost a Husband Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022.
Motion Picture News, July 14, 1928, p. 164.
"Almost a Husband (1919) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
Sandra Brennan. "Almost a Husband (1919) - Clarence G. Badger". AllMovie. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
"Almost a Husband". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

External links

Almost a Husband at IMDb
Almost a Husband at AllMovie

v t e Films directed by Clarence G. Badger
A Social Cub (1916) The Danger Girl (1916) Haystacks and Steeples (1916) The Nick of Time Baby (1916) Teddy at the Throttle (1917) Whose Baby? (1917) The Sultan's Wife (1917) The Pullman Bride (1917) The Venus Model (1918) The Kingdom of Youth (1918) Sis Hopkins (1919) Through the Wrong Door (1919) Almost a Husband (1919) Jubilo (1919) Water, Water, Everywhere (1920) The Strange Boarder (1920) The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) Jes' Call Me Jim (1920) Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920) Honest Hutch (1920) Guile of Women (1921) Boys Will Be Boys (1921) An Unwilling Hero (1921) Doubling for Romeo (1921) A Poor Relation (1921) The Dangerous Little Demon (1922) Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) Potash and Perlmutter (1923) Red Lights (1923) Your Friend and Mine (1923) Painted People (1924) The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924) One Night in Rome (1924) New Lives for Old (1925) Eve's Secret (1925) Paths to Paradise (1925) The Golden Princess (1925) Hands Up! (1926) Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) The Rainmaker (1926) The Campus Flirt (1926) It (1927) A Kiss in a Taxi (1927) Senorita (1927) Man Power (1927) Swim Girl, Swim (1927) She's a Sheik (1927) Red Hair (1928) The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) Hot News (1928) Three Week-Ends (1928) Paris (1929) No, No, Nanette (1930) Murder Will Out (1930) Sweethearts and Wives (1930) The Bad Man (1930) The Hot Heiress (1931) Woman Hungry (1931) Party Husband (1931) When Strangers Marry (1933) Rangle River (1936) That Certain Something (1941)

Films directed by Clarence G. Badger

A Social Cub (1916)
The Danger Girl (1916)
Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
Whose Baby? (1917)
The Sultan's Wife (1917)
The Pullman Bride (1917)
The Venus Model (1918)
The Kingdom of Youth (1918)
Sis Hopkins (1919)
Through the Wrong Door (1919)
Almost a Husband (1919)
Jubilo (1919)
Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)
The Strange Boarder (1920)
The Man Who Lost Himself (1920)
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920)
Honest Hutch (1920)
Guile of Women (1921)
Boys Will Be Boys (1921)
An Unwilling Hero (1921)
Doubling for Romeo (1921)
A Poor Relation (1921)
The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
Red Lights (1923)
Your Friend and Mine (1923)
Painted People (1924)
The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924)
One Night in Rome (1924)
New Lives for Old (1925)
Eve's Secret (1925)
Paths to Paradise (1925)
The Golden Princess (1925)
Hands Up! (1926)
Miss Brewster's Millions (1926)
The Rainmaker (1926)
The Campus Flirt (1926)
It (1927)
A Kiss in a Taxi (1927)
Senorita (1927)
Man Power (1927)
Swim Girl, Swim (1927)
She's a Sheik (1927)
Red Hair (1928)
The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928)
Hot News (1928)
Three Week-Ends (1928)
Paris (1929)
No, No, Nanette (1930)
Murder Will Out (1930)
Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
The Bad Man (1930)
The Hot Heiress (1931)
Woman Hungry (1931)
Party Husband (1931)
When Strangers Marry (1933)
Rangle River (1936)
That Certain Something (1941)

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