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The Misfit Wife (1920)

The Misfit Wife poster
Directed by
Edmund Mortimer
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles to find her place in a society that does not accept her. She faces judgment and isolation because of her unconventional nature.

melancholicsomberrestrainedperiodquietintimateslow-burnemotional

What happens

The Misfit Wife is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Alice Lake, Forrest Stanley and William Steele. It is based on the 1916 play The Outsider by Julie Herne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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