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Idle Wives (1916)

30m

Running Time

September 16, 1916
Release Date

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Idle Wives (1916)

Name: Idle Wives
Genre: Drama
Released: 1916-09-16

30m

Running Time

September 16, 1916
Release Date

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Plot.

Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.

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Cast & Crew.

Lois Weber

Anne / Director / Writer / Adaptation / Producer

Phillips Smalley

John Wall / Director / Producer / Writer / Adaptation

Mary MacLaren

Molly

Edward Hearn

Richard

Seymour Hastings

Billy Shane

Countess Du Cello

Wall's Mother

Pauline Aster

Alberta

Cecilia Matthews

Molly's Mother

Ben F. Wilson

Mr. Jamison

Maude George

Mrs. Jamison

Neva Gerber

Mary Wells

Charles Perley

Tough Burns

James Oppenheim

Novel

Allen G. Siegler

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 16, 1916

Status
Released

Running Time
30m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Idle Wives is a 1916 American silent drama film co-directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. The film was released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Surviving reels of the film are preserved at the Library of Congress. The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray in 2018.