The Better Wife

The Better Wife
Film still
Directed by	William P. S. Earle
Story by	Lenore J. Coffee
Starring	Clara Kimball Young Edward Kimball
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Production company	Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	July 13, 1919 (1919-07-13)(U.S.)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Better Wife is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William P. S. Earle and starring Clara Kimball Young and Edward Kimball. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Clara Kimball Young as Charmian Page
• Edward Kimball as Mr. Page
• Nigel Barrie as Sir Richard Beverly
• Kathlyn Williams as Lady Beverly
• Ben Alexander as Little Dick
• Lillian Walker as Helen Kingdom
• Barbara Tennant as Mrs. Kingdon
• Irving Cummings as Comte de Cheveral

Reception

Variety's review found the film to be average, and had praise for the cinematography and acting but found the story to have "little story and less action." ^[3]

Preservation

With no copies of The Better Wife located in any film archives, ^[4] it is a lost film.

References

1. The Better Wife at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
2. The Better Wife at the TCM Movie Database.
3. Variety. New York: Variety Publishing Co. July 11, 1919. p. 57.
4. "Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Better Wife". web.archive.org. March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2025.

External links

• The Better Wife at IMDb