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Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

★ 6.4/10•1918•1h 12m•NR•Drama•Comedy

IT TAKES THE FOUR WALLS OFF MARRIED LIFE AND PART OF THE CEILING,TOO.

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.

Cecil B. DeMille · Director

Jeanie Macpherson · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 12m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 18, 1918

Actors

Elliott Dexter

Elliott Dexter

Charles Murdock

Florence Vidor

Florence Vidor

Juliet Raeburn

Sylvia Ashton

Sylvia Ashton

Sophy Murdock

Wanda Hawley

Wanda Hawley

Sophy in Prologue

Theodore Roberts

Theodore Roberts

Tom Berkeley

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Norma Murdock

Marcia Manon

Marcia Manon

Viola Hastings

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Jessie

J. Parks Jones

Charley Murdock

Edna Mae Cooper

Edna Mae Cooper

Bertha

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Melville Bladen

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Simcox

Lillian Leighton

Lillian Leighton

Maid

Mayme Kelso

Mayme Kelso

Housekeeper

Alice Terry

Alice Terry

Saleslady

Noah Beery

Noah Beery

Doctor (uncredited)

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