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Lying Wives

Jun 13, 1925

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

Duplicitous Patricia Chase schemes to break up the new marriage of Margery and Wallace Graham because she yearns for Wallace despite her marriage to another. She nearly succeeds but the revelation of a secret thwarts her at the last moment and she gets her just desserts shortly after.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Ivan Film Productions

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Cast

Patricia Chase

Clara Kimball Young

Ted Stanhope

Richard Bennett

Margery Burkley

Madge Kennedy

Elsie Chase

Edna Murphy

Wallace Graham

Niles Welch

Alvin Chase

J. Barney Sherry

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