School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly.[1][2] It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics.[3][4]
School for Wives | |
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Directed by | Victor Halperin |
Written by | Victor Halperin |
Based on | The House of Lynch by Leonard Merrick |
Produced by | Victor Halperin |
Starring | Conway Tearle Sigrid Holmquist Peggy Kelly |
Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg Jack Zanderbrock |
Production company | Victory Pictures |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
As described in a film magazine review,[5] a rich young woman marries a poor English artist who refuses to accept her father's tainted money. The artist lives up to his ideals, which precipitates a conflict. He is forced to accept a sum which permits their son to have an operation. After the wife gives up on her father's money through learning that it has no place in the scheme of happiness, she is reconciled to her husband. They live happily.
With no prints of School for Wives located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.
Films directed by Victor Halperin | |
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