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Mrs. Temple's Telegram

May 9, 1920 · 50m
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Comedy

PLOT

Jack Temple (Washburn) adores his wife, Clara Temple (Hawley) but she is extremely jealous, and accuses him of flirting with a pretty woman in a department store tearoom. After Clara leaves, the woman follows Jack around the store even eventually onto the roof of the building and they are locked in by the night watchman and must remain on the roof all night. Jack realizes his wife will never believe this story, so he invents a yarn about visiting his friend John Brown (White) in a distant town. Clara suspects that story and contacts Brown, while Jack convinces a friend to impersonate Brown and come to his house, but the real Brown shows up too and things become complicated with the arrival of Mrs. Brown (Schaefer), the pretty young woman who caused all the trouble, but, after she introduces herself as one of Clara's cousins, all ends happily.

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CAST

Bryant Washburn
Jack Temple
Wanda Hawley
Clara Temple
Carmen Phillips
Pauline
Walter Hiers
Frank Fuller
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. Fuller
Leo White
John Brown
Anne Schaefer
Mrs. Brown
Edward Jobson
Wigson
Directed by James Cruze

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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