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| ~The Probation Wife~ 1919 |
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| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Now a happily married mother, Josephine Mowbray helps a weeping friend with a philandering
husband, by relating her own story: She was reared in a notorious dive and taught to steal money
from customers. The well-known novelist Harrison Wade and his fiancée Nina visit the joint while
slumming. Believing Jo to be an innocent, Harrison gives her enough money to leave, but her
guardian takes it. When the place is raided, Jo is sent to a reformatory, but she later escapes. After
meeting Harrison, whom Nina left for a wealthy man, Jo offers herself in exchange for fine clothes
and a home. So that she will not have to return to the reformatory, Harrison marries her "in name
only," with the idea that after a few months they will divorce. When Nina, now unhappily married,
starts pursuing Harrison, his friend Huntley McMerton helps Jo make Harrison jealous, whereupon
he declares his love. Jo suggests that her friend should act similarly.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
husband, by relating her own story: She was reared in a notorious dive and taught to steal money
from customers. The well-known novelist Harrison Wade and his fiancée Nina visit the joint while
slumming. Believing Jo to be an innocent, Harrison gives her enough money to leave, but her
guardian takes it. When the place is raided, Jo is sent to a reformatory, but she later escapes. After
meeting Harrison, whom Nina left for a wealthy man, Jo offers herself in exchange for fine clothes
and a home. So that she will not have to return to the reformatory, Harrison marries her "in name
only," with the idea that after a few months they will divorce. When Nina, now unhappily married,
starts pursuing Harrison, his friend Huntley McMerton helps Jo make Harrison jealous, whereupon
he declares his love. Jo suggests that her friend should act similarly.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
| Directed by: Sidney Franklin Written by: Angie Ousley Rooser - story Kathryn Stuart - writer |
| ~Cast~ Norma Talmadge ...Josephine Mowbray Thomas Meighan ...Harrison Wade Florence Billings ...Nina Stockley Alec B. Francis ...Huntley McMerton Walter McEwen ...Peter Marr Amelia Summerville ...Eunice Galway A. Brooke ...Lawyer S. Liston ...Matron |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Norma Talmadge Film Corporation Distribution Company: Selected Pictures Corporation Producer: Joseph M. Schenck Producer: Norma Talmadge Cinematography by: David Abel Length: 6 Reels Runtime: 60 Minutes Released: May 24, 1919 |
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