- Blanche will inherit her aunt's large estate, providing that she gets married within 24 hours. She chooses to wed John, an old man living at a rest home who is not expected to live much longer.
- According to the terms of her aunt's will, Blanche Ingram must get married within twenty-four hours to a wealthy man, in order to inherit the property. Blanche decides to marry a decrepit old man, who supposedly has one foot in the grave. Tom Burton, a wealthy man, sees Blanche and immediately falls for her. Learning of Blanche's plan, he and his valet, Judd, concoct a plan. Tom disguises himself with whiskers and takes the old man's place during the ceremony. In fact, the invalid is Blanche's Uncle John, recently returned from Australia, where he had amassed a fortune. He had come to America in order to spend his last days with his late sister's son. Conrad Jasper, Ingram's unscrupulous secretary, passes off an underworld character named Hector as the missing son. The pair plan to kill Ingram and divide his fortune. Blanche takes Tom, disguised as Ingram, to her country home. They are followed by Jasper and Hector. The conspirators join forces with Clarence Topping, Blanche's fiancé, whom her aunt had barred from marrying the girl. When Tom is found at Blanche's house without his disguise, he explains that he is John Ingram's nephew and has come to pay his respects to the new bride. Judd temporarily takes Tom's place in the wheelchair, disguised as John Ingram. The three conspirators make several attempts on the lives of Tom and Judd. More confusion is added when the real John Ingram shows up, which makes three apparently bearded old men on the scene. Judd overhears Jasper and Hector plan to shanghai everyone. He radios for help, bringing the military, fire department, police department, mail carriers, and members of various lodges. The conspirators are overpowered. When everything has been cleared up, Tom finds that instead of being Blanche's "temporary husband," he is to be her permanent one.
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By what name was Her Temporary Husband (1923) officially released in Canada in English?
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