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The Wife He Bought (1918)

The Wife He Bought poster
Directed by
Harry Solter
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is bought as a wife by a man. The story follows the couple as they deal with the arrangement.

old-fashioneddramaticsilent-eraseriousstraightforwardromanticmelodramatic

What happens

The Wife He Bought is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Carmel Myers and Kenneth Harlan. This film was based on the short story One Clear Call by Larry Evans. It was produced and released by Bluebird Photoplays, a division of Universal Film Manufacturing Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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