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If the Man You Loved Was a Thief OR YOU THOUGHT HIM ONE-WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Released August 21, 1916
Overview
Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).
Cast

Emmy Wehlen
as
Helen Pettingill

Charles Eldridge
as
Silas T. Pettingill

Kate Blancke
as
Maria Pettingill

William B. Davidson
as
Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)

Howard Truesdale
as
John Stafford (as Howard Truesdell)
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Paul Gordon
as
Hubert Stanwood

Edwin Holt
as
Inspector Burke
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Jerome N. Wilson
as
Joseph Bailey (as Jerome Wilson)
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Ilean Hume
as
Rita
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Harry Neville
as
Dugan
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Hugh Jeffrey
as
Andrews
