Poor Men's Wives | |
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Directed by | Louis J. Gasnier |
Written by | Frank Mitchell Dazey Agnes Christine Johnston Eve Unsell |
Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
Starring | Barbara La Marr David Butler Betty Francisco |
Cinematography | Karl Struss |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Preferred Pictures |
Release date | January 28, 1923 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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Two friends marry men from completely different social backgrounds, one a wealthy man and the other a taxi driver. When they meet by chance some time later they see how different their lives have become.
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