A Fair Impostor (film)

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A Fair Impostor
Directed by Alexander Butler
Written by Charles Garvice (novel)
Harry Engholm
Produced by G.B. Samuelson
Starring Madge Titheradge
Gerald McCarthy
Charles Rock
Production
company
Distributed by Moss Films
Release date
  • December 1916 (1916-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Fair Impostor is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, Gerald McCarthy and Charles Rock. It was made at Isleworth Studios. [1] It was based on a 1909 novel of the same title by Charles Garvice.

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The daughter of a lord discovers that a maid is her missing sister. She poses as the maid, to gain her inheritance.

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References

  1. Harris p.201

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