| Our Mrs. McChesney | |
| Director: | Ralph Ince |
| Producer: | Maxwell Karger |
| Starring: | Ethel Barrymore |
| Cinematography: | William J. Black |
| Studio: | Metro Pictures |
| Distributor: | Metro Pictures |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Our Mrs. McChesney is a lost[1] 1918 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures, directed by Ralph Ince, and based on the 1915 play by Edna Ferber and George V. Hobart starring Ethel Barrymore.[2]
Barrymore reprised her role from the popular play, as did her fellow cast members Huntley Gordon and William H. St. James. Wilfred Lytell was a brother of Bert Lytell and Lucille Lee Stewart was a sister of Anita Stewart.[3] Ince was married to Lucille Lee Stewart.
As described in a film magazine,[4] Emma McChesney (Barrymore), saleswoman for T. A. Buck & Co., plans to give up the "road" and settle down with her boy Jack (Lytell). She discovers that Jack has married a chorus girl while at college and also raised a check that she had sent him. Determined to make a man of him, she secures a position for him at T. A. Buck & Co. and sends the daughter-in-law to a boarding school. She designs a new skirt for the company that finds favor at a fashion show when modeled by Jack's wife, and saves the company from bankruptcy.
