The Wise Wife

1927•1h 0m

Comedy

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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DeMille Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Tom Moore

John Blaisdell

Phyllis Haver

Helen Blaisdell

Fred Walton

Helen's father

Jacqueline Logan

Jenny Lou

Joseph Striker

Carter Fairfax

Robert Bolder

Jason, The Butler

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