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A Serenade by Proxy
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by C. Jay Williams

Cast: Frank A. Lyon [William Jackson], Mrs. Wallace Erskine [Mrs. Jackson], Gertrude McCoy [Muriel Jackson, their daughter], Augustus Phillips [Thomas Perkins], Alice Washburn [Romantic Molly], William Wadsworth [Zeb Hawkins], Edward O’Connor [Mike, the hostler], Bigelow Cooper [the minister].

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by A.H. Giebler. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive (Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, collection) [British release version].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 January 2020.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-NFPF.

Home video: DVD.