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Blind Wives (1920)

Blind Wives poster
Directed by
Charles Brabin
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman from different social worlds get entangled in a tense personal conflict. The story unfolds through a series of dramatic encounters that test their loyalties and desires.

melodramaticstagedatmosphericslowdatedsobertheatricalsentimental

What happens

Blind Wives is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Charles Brabin. The film reunites director Brabin with the stars of his previous success While New York Sleeps, Marc McDermott and Estelle Taylor. The film is based on a 1914 Broadway stage play by Edward Knoblock, My Lady's Dress which starred Mary Boland. This film survives in prints held by the George Eastman Museum and by the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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