The Probation Wife
Cast & Crew
Sydney A. Franklin
Norma Talmadge
Thomas Meighan
Florence Billings
Alec B. Francis
Walter Mcewen
Film Details
Synopsis
Now a happily married mother, Josephine Mowbray helps a weeping friend with a philandering husband, by relating her own story: She was reared in a notorious dive and taught to steal money from customers. The well-known novelist Harrison Wade and his fiancée Nina visit the joint while slumming. Believing Jo to be an innocent, Harrison gives her enough money to leave, but her guardian takes it. When the place is raided, Jo is sent to a reformatory, but she later escapes. After meeting Harrison, whom Nina left for a wealthy man, Jo offers herself in exchange for fine clothes and a home. So that she will not have to return to the reformatory, Harrison marries her "in name only," with the idea that after a few months they will divorce. When Nina, now unhappily married, starts pursuing Harrison, his friend Huntley McMerton helps Jo make Harrison jealous, whereupon he declares his love. Jo suggests that her friend should act similarly.
Director
Sydney A. Franklin
Cast
Norma Talmadge
Thomas Meighan
Florence Billings
Alec B. Francis
Walter Mcewen
Amelia Summerville
A. Brooke
S. Liston
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Notes
According to publicity, the Claridge Hotel in New York appeared on screen for the first time in this film, as scenes were shot in the dining room.
