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The Meddlers (1912)

The Meddlers poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A wealthy older man brings his young wife and his secretary to the West. The wife falls for a cowboy who is engaged to a local woman, and she schemes with the secretary to stop the wedding.

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What happens

est un film muet américain réalisé par Allan Dwan et sorti en 1912. John Huxley, en compagnie de sa jeune femme et de son secrétaire particulier, Bob Blake, arrive dans l'Ouest pour faire l'inventaire de ses possessions dans les mines. Huxley n'a aucun sentiment pour son mari âgé, et elle se sent très vite attirée par un cow-boy, James Whitmore, qui est fiancé à une jeune fille du pays, Mary Jacobs. Avec l'aide de Bob Blake, l'épouse du vieil homme va tout mettre en œuvre pour que le mariage prévu ne se conclut pas… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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