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A Wife on Trial (1917)

A Wife on Trial poster
Directed by
Ruth Ann Baldwin
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces an investigation into her marriage that puts her on trial in a dramatic silent-era story. The film follows the events that unravel around her personal life and its consequences.

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What happens

A Wife on Trial is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin and starring Mignon Anderson, Leo Pierson, and L.M. Wells. This film is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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