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The Wise Wife

The Wise Wife

1927•1h 0m•7.0/10
Comedy

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7.0/10(1)

John Blaisdell, a stolid businessman married for 10 years, concludes that romantic love is a thing of the past for him. His wife, Helen, a very domestic and conservative woman, invites Jenny Lou, a young southern girl, as her houseguest, and the girl flirts with John; she is conspicuously unsuccessful until she pretends to faint on the golf course and the unsuspecting victim finds her in his arms.

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Production

DeMille Pictures Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tom Moore

Tom Moore

John Blaisdell

Phyllis Haver

Phyllis Haver

Helen Blaisdell

Fred Walton

Helen's father

Jacqueline Logan

Jacqueline Logan

Jenny Lou

Joseph Striker

Carter Fairfax

Robert Bolder

Robert Bolder

Jason, The Butler

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