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The Part Time Wife (1925)

The Part Time Wife poster
Original title
The Part-time Wife
Directed by
Henry McCarty
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates marriage and personal sacrifice. The story follows her choices and the emotional cost of her arrangement.

melodramaticold-fashionedatmosphericsimplerestrainedbittersweetquietearnest

What happens

The Part-time Wife is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Alice Calhoun, Robert Ellis and Freeman Wood. The film was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures. It was based on a short story of the same title by Peggy Gaddis. It was released in Britain the following year by Stoll Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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