A Wonderful Wife

A Wonderful Wife
Still from a magazine
Directed byPaul Scardon
Screenplay byArthur F. Statter
Based onThe Rat Trap
by Dolf Wyllarde
StarringMiss DuPont
Vernon Steele
Landers Stevens
Charles Arling
Ethel Ritchie
Harris Gordon
CinematographyBen F. Reynolds
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • April 24, 1922 (1922-04-24)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Wonderful Wife is a 1922 American drama film directed by Paul Scardon and written by Arthur F. Statter. It is based on the 1904 novel The Rat Trap by Dolf Wyllarde. The film stars Miss DuPont, Vernon Steele, Landers Stevens, Charles Arling, Ethel Ritchie, and Harris Gordon. The film was released on April 24, 1922, by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[1][2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine,[4] Chum Lewin (Dupont) is interested in advancing the career of her husband, Captain Alaric Lewin (Steele), in the British military service. Alaric is secretary to Commissioner Gregory (Stevens), and, in order to secure her husband a better post, Chum professes unusual interest in Gregory and his plans and allows him to hold her hand. Gregory becomes inflamed with passion and sends Captain Lewin to a far off point in the interior of Africa, from which he determines that his secretary will never return. Chum learns of Gregory's treachery and forces him to furnish her with an escort to take her to her husband's posting. She finds him ill with fever. Gregory follows her and, when natives attack, he meets an untimely death.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "A Wonderful Wife (1922) – Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "A Wonderful Wife (1922) – Paul Scardon". AllMovie. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "A Wonderful Wife". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Reviews: A Wonderful Wife". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (19). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 60. May 6, 1922.
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