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The Amateur Wife

  • 1920
  • 1h
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Irene Castle in The Amateur Wife (1920)
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Her education in a French convent school completed, plain Justine Spencer returns to New York. There she is shocked to discover that her mother Dodo is a flamboyant musical comedy actress wi... Read allHer education in a French convent school completed, plain Justine Spencer returns to New York. There she is shocked to discover that her mother Dodo is a flamboyant musical comedy actress with many male admirers. Dodo, on the other hand, is dismayed to find Justine priggish and d... Read allHer education in a French convent school completed, plain Justine Spencer returns to New York. There she is shocked to discover that her mother Dodo is a flamboyant musical comedy actress with many male admirers. Dodo, on the other hand, is dismayed to find Justine priggish and dowdy. One of Dodo's suitors is Billy Ferris, who, in a fit of jealousy, murders her and sl... Read all

  • Director
    • Edward Dillon
  • Writers
    • Nalbro Bartley
    • Jane Murfin
  • Stars
    • Irene Castle
    • William P. Carleton
    • Arthur Rankin
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    • Director
      • Edward Dillon
    • Writers
      • Nalbro Bartley
      • Jane Murfin
    • Stars
      • Irene Castle
      • William P. Carleton
      • Arthur Rankin
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    Irene Castle
    Irene Castle
    • Justine Spencer
    William P. Carleton
    William P. Carleton
    • Cosmo Spotiswood
    Arthur Rankin
    Arthur Rankin
    • Billy Ferris
    S.J. Warrington
    • Randolph Ferguson
    Alex Saskins
    • Oliver Ferris
    • (as A. Saskin)
    Augusta Anderson
    Augusta Anderson
    • Dodo Spencer
    Mrs. Charles Dewey
    • Loti
    Ellen Olson
    • Sara
    • Director
      • Edward Dillon
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      • Nalbro Bartley
      • Jane Murfin
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      Eliminations by the Kansas Board of Review:

      REEL 1 - ELIMINATE WOMAN SMOKING. REEL 2 - WOMAN SMOKING AND VIEW OF DODO WITH CIGARETTE IN MOUTH, IN REEL 3.

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1920 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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