Widow by Proxy

{{short description|1919 film by Walter Edwards}}

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{{infobox film

| name = Widow by Proxy

| image = Widow by Proxy (1919) - Ad.jpg

| caption = Period advertisement

| director = Walter Edwards
Fred Robinson ( assistant director)

| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky

| writer = Julia Crawford Ivers (scenario)

| based_on = {{basedon|Widow by Proxy|Catherine Chisholm Cushing}}

| starring = Marguerite Clark

| cinematography = Hal Young
James Van Trees

| editing =

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1919|9|28}}

| runtime = 50 minutes; 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent

}}

Widow by Proxy is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing that starred May Irwin. Julia Crawford Ivers provided the scenario and her son James Van Trees was one of the cinematographers.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WidowByProxy1919.html Progressive Silent Film List: Widow by Proxy] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=17551 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Widow by Proxy][http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=7602 Widow by Proxy as produced on Broadway at the George M. Cohan Theatre, February 24 1913 to May 1913, 88 performances; IBDb.com][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10612/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Widow by Proxy] It is not known whether the film currently survives.