What Wives Want

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What Wives Want
Directed by Jack Conway
Written by
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring
Cinematography Charles E. Kaufman
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
May 6, 1923
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages

What Wives Want is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ethel Grey Terry, Vernon Steele and Niles Welch. [1]

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  1. Parish & Pitts p.77

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