Name: Erstwhile Susan
Genre: Adaptation
Released: 1919
Cast: Constance Binney, Jere Austin, Alfred Hickman, Mary Alden, Anders Randolph

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Genre

Adaptation

Release Date

Nov 16, 1919

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Realart Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Realart Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Barnabetta by Helen R. Martin (New York, 1914) and the play Erstwhile Susan by Marian De Forest (New York, 18 Jan 1916).

Synopsis

Barnabetta Dreary's grim life of slaving for her Pennsylvania Dutch father Barnaby and her two brothers, is surprisingly changed when Barnaby marries Juliet Miller. Known as Erstwhile Susan, she becomes fond of Barnabetta, and because she retains control of her fortune, induces the other Drearys to relieve Barnabetta of some of her drudgery. After Barnaby has a stroke brought on when Susan proposes sending Barnabetta to school, she goes to a prep school where the president, Doctor Barrett, and a trustee, State Senator Jordan, both fall for her newly acquired charm, to the dismay of Jordan's sister who loves Barrett. When the sister interferes with Barnabetta's plan to work in the school after graduation, Barnabetta helps Jordan win his campaign for governor, and after exposing him to her family's crude table manners, Barnabetta accepts Jordan's marriage proposal, while Susan succeeds in reforming Barnaby and his sons.