''Rich Men's Wives'' is a
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1922 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Louis J. Gasnier
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and starring
House Peters
Robert House Peters Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions".
Biography
Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Peters bega ...
,
Claire Windsor
Claire Windsor (born Clara Viola Cronk; April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent screen era.
Early life
Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk (nicknamed "Ola") in 1892 in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas to ...
and
Gaston Glass
Gaston Glass (born Jacques Gaston Oscar Glass; December 31, 1899 – November 11, 1965) was a French-American actor and film producer. He was the father of the composer Paul Glass (born 1934).
Selected filmography
* ''The Corsican Broth ...
.
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Synopsis
A bored wife of a wealthy man is irritated by his neglect, and is drawn into a flirtation with another man. When her husband discovers this he banishes this from the family home, and forbids her from seeing their son.
Cast
* House Peters
Robert House Peters Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions".
Biography
Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Peters bega ...
as John Masters
* Claire Windsor
Claire Windsor (born Clara Viola Cronk; April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent screen era.
Early life
Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk (nicknamed "Ola") in 1892 in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas to ...
as Gay Davenport
* Richard Headrick as Jackie
* Gaston Glass
Gaston Glass (born Jacques Gaston Oscar Glass; December 31, 1899 – November 11, 1965) was a French-American actor and film producer. He was the father of the composer Paul Glass (born 1934).
Selected filmography
* ''The Corsican Broth ...
as Juan Camillo
* Charles Clary
Charles Clary (March 24, 1873 – March 24, 1931) was an American actor of the silent film era. Clary appeared in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1930. He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, Ca ...
as Mr. Davenport
* Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Biography
Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Ill ...
as Mrs. Davenport
* Mildred June
Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in silent films. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism.
Life
June was born in St. Louis in 1905.
She was an Am ...
as Estelle Davenport
* Rosemary Theby
Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940.
Early life and career
The daughter of George and Katherine Masing, Theby ...
as Mrs. Lindley-Blair
* Carol Holloway as Maid
* Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary''. She also played a role in ''Torrent'' (1926). She died from a heart ...
as Nurse
* William Austin as Reggie
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
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Silent American drama films
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