Just a Wife (film)

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Just a Wife
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Directed by Howard Hickman
Written by Katherine S. Reed
Based on Just a Wife by Eugene Walter
Produced by Lewis J. Selznick
Starring Roy Stewart
Leatrice Joy
Kathlyn Williams
Cinematography Max Dupont
Production
company
National Picture Theatres Inc.
Distributed by Selznick Pictures
Release date
January 1920
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Just a Wife is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Roy Stewart, Leatrice Joy and Kathlyn Williams. [1] It is based on the 1910 Broadway play Just a Wife by Eugene Walter.

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  1. Connelly p.368

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