Almost a Husband is a lost 1919 American comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill.Motion Picture News, July 14, 1928, p. 164. It is based on the 1897 novel Old Ebenezer by Opie Read. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Herbert Standing, Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, and Ed Brady. The film was released on October 12, 1919, by Goldwyn Pictures.
Plot A New England schoolteacher moves to a small Southern town and comes to the aid of many local people, including a young woman who faces unwanted romantic advances from another man. He pretends to marry the woman, but their marriage ends up being real.
Cast Will Rogers as Sam Lyman Peggy Wood as Eva McElwyn Herbert Standing as Banker McElwyn Cullen Landis as Jerry Wilson Clara Horton as Jane Sheldon Ed Brady as Zeb Sawyer Sidney De Gray as John Carruthers Gus Saville as Jasper Stagg Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (*uncredited) Mary Jane Irving (*uncredited)
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