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School for Wives (1925)

School for Wives poster
Directed by
Victor Hugo Halperin
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes responsible for a young woman after a tragedy. He tries to guide her choices in life and love.

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What happens

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly. It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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