''The Prairie Wife'' is a 1925 American silent

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film directed by

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and featuring

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, and based on a story by Arthur Stringer. The film is considered to be

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a telegram informs Chaddie Green that her father has committed suicide, leaving her penniless. She has been reared in luxury, but, during her passage to the United States, she is so lonely that she makes an acquaintance with Duncan MacKail, a rugged appearing man from the American plains. He loves her and they decide to get married. At his ranch, she is extremely out of place, not knowing the method of ranch life or work and untrained for hard farm work. She is frightened by the presence of Ollie, the caretaker for Duncan. Nearby is Percy Woodhouse, an Englishman seeking health on the prairies. Chaddie is obliged to stay at his ranch over night when her horse bolts from her and she is unable to get a mount from Percy. Duncan is angered when she does not return and accuses Percy. Later, Ollie is found dangling from a rope in the barn. Chaddie's picture of her father is found in the room of Ollie, which is explained by a note saying he had killed the man. A son is later born to Chaddie, who has grown content to live and work on the prairie with Duncan.

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It received a lukewarm review in ''

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'', as having some "humorous touches scattered through" but overlong.(May 10, 1925)
The Prairie Wife (review)
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'' wrote that "for a cheap picture, it should more than get the production cost back and show a corking profit."(May 13, 1925)
The Prairie Wife (review)
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prairie Wife, The 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films 1925 lost films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hugo Ballin Lost American Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films

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