Our Mrs. McChesney

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.

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.

still from the film with Lucille Lee Stewart, Wilfred Lytell and Ethel Barrymore. *note sometimes the still is attributed to The Beloved Rogue .