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The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918)

During the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful Margaret Moncrieffe. Fast-forward several years and they again find themselves on opposite sides, this time about compensation for the properties of Tories--colonists who sided with the British--during the war. Hamilton falls for Maria Reynolds, who it turns out is secretly the wife of prominent pawnbroker Jacob Clingman, a friend of Burr's. The pair conspire to destroy Hamilton, who is now Secretary of the Treasury and married to the daughter of a prominent army general, by making public several love letters Hamilton had written to Mrs. Reynolds.

  • Drama
  • History

Top billed cast

  • Photo of June ElvidgeJune ElvidgeMrs. Maria Reynolds
  • Photo of Carlyle BlackwellCarlyle BlackwellAlexander Hamilton
  • Photo of Arthur AshleyArthur AshleyAaron Burr
  • Photo of Carl GerardCarl GerardJames Reynolds
  • Photo of Evelyn GreeleyEvelyn GreeleyMargaret Moncrieffe
  • Photo of Lionel BelmoreLionel BelmoreGen. Israel Putnam
  • Photo of George MacQuarrieGeorge MacQuarrieGeorge Washington
  • Photo of Rose TapleyRose TapleyMartha Washington
  • Photo of Al HartAl HartThomas Jefferson
  • Photo of Alec B. FrancisAlec B. FrancisGen. Philip Schuyler

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