Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Amateur Wife (1920)

The Amateur Wife poster
Directed by
Edward Dillon
Genre
silent film, comedy drama, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman tries to figure out her marriage by acting like an amateur at being a wife. The story follows her mistakes and discoveries with her husband and other people around them.

lightheartedromanticwhimsicalgentleplayfulnostalgicbittersweet

What happens

The Amateur Wife is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama romance directed by Edward Dillon and written by Nalbro Bartley and Jane Murfin. The film stars Irene Castle, William P. Carleton, Arthur Rankin, S.J. Warrington, Alex Saskins and Augusta Anderson. The film was released on February 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. The Amateur Wife is a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?