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The Unfaithful Wife (1915)

The Unfaithful Wife poster
Directed by
J. Gordon Edwards
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's infidelity leads to a cycle of revenge in Italy. The story follows the consequences of betrayal among a married couple.

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What happens

The Unfaithful Wife is a 1915 silent horror drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Robert B. Mantell, Genevieve Hamper, Stuart Holmes, and Warner Oland. The film was produced by William Fox and distributed by Fox Film. The film, today believed to be lost, was a revenge drama set in Italy that received praise for the actors’ performances and for Phil Rosen’s cinematography. The film was released in Canada in 1917 as The Living Death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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