Wife in Name Only | |
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Directed by | George Terwilliger |
Written by | Adeline Hendricks |
Based on | Wife in Name Only; or, A Broken Heart by Bertha M. Clay [1] |
Starring | Mary Thurman Arthur Housman Edmund Lowe |
Cinematography | A.L. Martiner |
Production company | Pyramid Pictures |
Distributed by | Selznick Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Wife in Name Only is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Mary Thurman, Arthur Housman, and Edmund Lowe. [2]
As described in a film magazine review, [1] the wealthy and beautiful Philippa L'Estrange falls in love with Norman Arleigh. She plans revenge when she learns that he does not return her affection, and her scheme brings about a wedding between Norman and Madeline Dornham. She then informs him that the bride's father is the murderer of his mother. This causes a separation between the newly married pair. Eventually, Norman discovers that the accusation is false. Norman and his bride are reunited.
With no prints of Wife in Name Only located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.
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