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What Wives Want (1923)

What Wives Want poster
Directed by
Jack Conway
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama about a married woman who navigates her desires and responsibilities. The story follows her relationships with three different men as she tries to find fulfillment.

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What happens

What Wives Want is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ethel Grey Terry, Vernon Steele and Niles Welch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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