How to Educate a Wife | |
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Directed by | Monta Bell |
Screenplay by | Grant Carpenter Douglas Z. Doty |
Story by | Elinor Glyn |
Starring | Marie Prevost Monte Blue Claude Gillingwater Vera Lewis Betty Francisco Creighton Hale |
Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60,000 [1] |
Box office | $272,000 [1] |
How to Educate a Wife is a lost [2] [3] 1924 American comedy film directed by Monta Bell and written by Grant Carpenter and Douglas Z. Doty. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Claude Gillingwater, Vera Lewis, Betty Francisco and Creighton Hale. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 1, 1924. [4] [5] [6]
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $244,000 domestic and $28,000 foreign. [1]
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