School for Wives (film) explained

School for Wives
Director:Victor Halperin
Producer:Victor Halperin
Starring:Conway Tearle
Sigrid Holmquist
Peggy Kelly
Cinematography:Joseph Ruttenberg
Jack Zanderbrock
Studio:Victory Pictures
Distributor:Vitagraph Company of America
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a rich young woman marries a poor English artist who refuses to accept her father's tainted money. The artist lives up to his ideals, which precipitates a conflict. He is forced to accept a sum which permits their son to have an operation. After the wife gives up on her father's money through learning that it has no place in the scheme of happiness, she is reconciled to her husband. They live happily.

Preservation

With no prints of School for Wives located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

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Notes and References

  1. Goble p. 942
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SchoolForWives1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: School for Wives
  3. Sculthorpe p. 16
  4. https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11920-SCHOOL-FORWIVES?sid=351b3b9d-312e-4c5c-b5bd-fc4479b6ef3f&sr=10.968101&cp=1&pos=0 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: School for Wives
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8959/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: School for Wives