''The Wives of the Prophet'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by James A. Fitzgerald and starring Orville Caldwell, Alice Lake, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a religious sect in the Tennessee mountains expect the arrival of a prophet for whom five young women have been selected to be his wives. Howard, a young lawyer, accidentally witnesses their annual ritual, makes a sketch of Judith, one of the designated five young women, which is then reproduced as a tattoo on his chest. He is declared by the elders to be the Prophet and united to Judith and the other four women in a ritual in a huge cave. Of these, Alma has a sweetheart, Warner Richmond. Later, after avoiding

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rs and their whiskey still and other adventures, he escapes to the outside world with Judith.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub