Virtuous Wives


1918

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 29, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Anita Stewart Productions
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Virtuous Wives by Owen Johnson (Boston, 1917).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

Synopsis

Successful engineer Andrew Forrester declines a business offer which, while it would earn him two million dollars, would require a long separation from his wife Amy. However, when he visits the country home of his prospective employer, Maurice Delabarre, the magnificence of Delabarre's estate so dazzles Andrew that he accepts the offer, bids his wife farewell and departs for Colorado. In his absence, Amy falls under the influence of Delabarre's wife Irma, a social butterfly who, desirous of winning Andrew, encourages the foolish Amy to flirt with the wealthy men of her set. Irma then writes Andrew of Amy's exploits, whereupon the distressed husband returns home and demands his wife's presence out West. A near tragedy involving little Bobby Delabarre brings Amy to her senses, and she finally follows her husband to Colorado.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 29, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Anita Stewart Productions
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Virtuous Wives by Owen Johnson (Boston, 1917).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

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Notes

Reviewers noted that this was Louis B. Mayer's first production. Mayer was prominent as an exhibitor during the teens. Johnson's novel was also a popular serial in Cosmopolitan magazine. Anita Stewart's brother George had his first role in this film. Hedda Hopper was called Mrs. DeWolf Hopper in most sources.