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Old Wives for New

191860 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
71:27
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky, Famous Players-Lasky / Artcraft · Public domain

Synopsis

Unhappy in his marriage, Charles Murdock falls in love with Juliet during a hunting trip. A shooting and a false report drag her into a public scandal. Charles's efforts to protect her make an already tangled situation still harder to resolve.

Cast

DirectorsCecil B. DeMille

Historical context

The film's treatment of divorce worried its distributors, who delayed release over possible censorship. Jeanie MacPherson adapted David Graham Phillips's novel, bringing Cecil B. DeMille's attention to marriage and social appearances.

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