A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Unknown Wife
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4854 feet
Directed by William Worthington

Cast: Edith Roberts [Helen Wilburton], Spottiswoode Aitken [Henry Wilburton], Casson Ferguson [Donald Grant], Joe Quinn [‘Lefty’ Mayes], Joe Neary [‘Slim’ Curry], Augustus Phillips [John Mayberry], Bertram Frank [Thomas Gregory], Mathilde Brundage [Mrs. Stanwood Kent], Jessie Pratt [Mrs. Dalton], Edith Stayart [Doris Dalton], Hal Wilson [Brooks]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special Attraction]. / Scenario by Wallace Clifton, from a screen story by Bennett Cohen. Cinematography by William Edmonds. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 7 March 1921 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP16260]. Released 14 March 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Three at the Table.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 37; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.