School for Wives

Apr 5, 1925

1h 10m

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Overview

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly. It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Victor Halperin Productions

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Cast

Richard Keith

Conway Tearle

Betty Lynch

Sigrid Holmquist

Lady Atherton

Peggy Kelly

Jordan B. Lynch

Arthur Donaldson

Howard Lynch

Allan Simpson

Ralph

Brian Donlevy

Tomlinson

Dick Lee

Muggins

Dorothy Allen

Ronald Van Stuyvesant

Gerald Oliver Smith

Kitty Dawson

Emily Chichester

Mary Wilson

Alyce Mills

Harold Waldehast

Orlando Daly

When her cotton crop is burned, Barbara Pelham, a beautiful southern girl, comes to New York to find work as a fashion designer, staying with Mrs. Kemp, a woman she meets on the northbound train. In Mrs. Kemp's house, Barbara encounters Peter Heffner, a wealthy stockbroker, and discovers from him that she has taken up residence in a whorehouse. There is a police raid, but Barbara escapes arrest and returns home. Heffner's son, Neil, goes south to inspect some family property and there meets Barbara, with whom he falls in love. They decide to be married, and she accompanies him to New York, where she meets the elder Heffner for a second time. He denounces her as a whore, but Barbara goes to Mrs. Kemp, who explains the misunderstanding to everyone's satisfaction.

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