A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Better Wife
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William P.S. Earle

Cast: Clara Kimball Young [Charmian Page], Edward M. Kimball [Mr. Page], Nigel Barrie [Sir Richard Beverly], Kathlyn Williams [Lady Beverly], Ben Alexander [Little Dick], Lillian Walker [Helen Kingdon], Barbara Tennant [Mrs. Kingdon], Irving Cummings [Comte de Cheveral]

Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Lenore J. Coffee, from the screen story “The Love Quest” by Lenore J. Coffee. Costume design by Lady Duff Gordon. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Ferdinand P. Earle. / © 21 June 1919 by Select Pictures Corporation [LP13888]. Released 13 July 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

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