A Wife on Trial

A Wife on Trial (1917)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1917-07-30
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Production Company: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
  • Director: Ruth Ann Baldwin

Summary

Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther, one of her patrons, and happily entertains his invalid wife. Later, Mrs. de Guenther encourages Phyllis to meet with Mrs. Harrington, a dying rich woman whose son Allan, once a vigorous young man, was paralyzed in an auto accident. When Mrs. Harrington proposes to the librarian that she marry and take care of Allan in exchange for his wealth, Phyllis reluctantly consents. While struggling to cheer up the eternally gloomy Allan, Phyllis welcomes the visits of his friend, a doctor who informs her that her husband's paralysis may be psychosomatic.

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  • Mignon Anderson

    as Phyllis Narcissa
  • Leo Pierson

    as Allan Harrington
  • L. M. Wells

    as Horace de Guenther
  • Julia Jackson

    as Mrs. de Guenther
  • George C. Pearce

    as Wallis (as George Pearce)
  • Ben Alexander

    as Child (uncredited)
Writing Leo Pierson Writer
Writing Margaret Widdemer Novel
Directing Ruth Ann Baldwin Director