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The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted poster
Directed by
James Flood
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is trapped in a marriage where she is not wanted. The story follows her struggle as she faces hardship and decisions about her future.

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What happens

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by James Flood and written by Bess Meredyth. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Gertie de S. Wentworth-James, which was itself influenced by the 1922 trial of Herbert Rowse Armstrong. The film, which stars Irene Rich, Huntley Gordon, John Harron, Gayne Whitman, June Marlowe, and Don Alvarado, was released by Warner Bros. on September 12, 1925. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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