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A Wife on Trial
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin

Cast: Mignon Anderson [Phyllis Narcissa], Leo Pierson [Allan Harrington], L.M. Wells [Horace de Guenther], Julia Jackson [Mrs. de Guenther], George Pearce [Wallis]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Butterfly Picture]. / Scenario by Leo O. Pierson, from the novel The Rose-Garden Husband by Margaret Widdemer. Cinematography by Stephen S. Norton. Film editor, Roy Dixon. / © 21 July 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP11123]. Released 30 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents: Automobile - Crime: Rape (Attempted)

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.