''The Probation Wife'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by

Sidney Franklin Sidney Franklin may refer to: * Sidney Franklin (bullfighter) (1903–1976), American bullfighter * Sidney Franklin (director) (1893–1972), American film director and producer * Sidney Franklin (actor) Sidney Franklin (1870–1931) was an Amer ...

and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge served as her own producer with distribution through

Select Pictures Selznick Pictures was an American film production company active between 1916 and 1923 during the silent era. History Selznick Pictures was founded in April 1916 by Lewis J. Selznick following his loss of control at World Film. Selznick moved p ...

. Copies of this film are held at the Library of Congress and the

George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...

Plot

As described in a film magazine, novelist Harrison Wade (Meighan) goes with his fiancee and a wealthy rouge to a resort where wine and women are to be held for the asking. Disgusted with his fiance's flirtations, he meets Jo (Talmadge), an orphan kept captive, and gives her money to escape. She fails in her attempt and is later sent to a reformatory, from which she escapes and makes her way to the city. To save her from recapture, Wade marries her, promising to divorce her when her probation is over. His former fiance, now married to the millionaire, continues to take Wade, whom she really loves, around with her. Wade's best friend Huntley McMerton (Francis) persuades Jo to appear with him at various cafes in order to get Wade to declare that he loves her. This Wade is finally forced to do, and they then explain their scheme to him and the couple lives happily.

Cast

* Norma Talmadge as Josephine Mowbray * Thomas Meighan as Harrison Wade *

Florence Billings Florence Billings (born 1895) was an American film actress of the silent era.Goble p. 131 Selected filmography * ''The Spreading Dawn'' (1917) * ''By Right of Purchase'' (1918) * ''The Fair Pretender'' (1918) * ''Woman'' (1918) * '' A Romance o ...

as Nina Stockley *

Alec B. Francis Alec B. Francis (born Alec Francis Budd, 2 December 1867 – 6 July 1934) was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in more than 240 films between 1911 and 1934. Biography Francis was born in Suffolk, England. He studied law ...

as Huntley McMerton *Walter McEwen as Peter Marr * Amelia Summerville as Eunice Galway *A. Brooke as Lawyer *S. Liston as Matron

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