''Any Wife'' is a

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1922 American silent

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film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Pearl White. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Any Wife''
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Plot

As described in a film magazine, Myrtle Hill (White) is the wife of John Hill (Emery), a successful contractor who, because of his devotion to his work, he neglects his wife. He has to make a hurried business trip to San Francisco and wants his wife and child to accompany him. After debating the matter, the wife falls asleep and dreams that she has divorced her husband and married a draftsman. He mistreats her and casts her off for an actress. The actress, sympathizing with her, brings the wife face-to-face with this husband, but he turns against her. She attempts suicide by jumping from a high bridge into the water, but then wakes up with her hand in an aquarium. She hurriedly dresses and together with her little boy Cyril (Johnson) accompanies her husband on his trip.

Cast

* Pearl White as Myrtle Hill *

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as Philip Gray * Gilbert Emery as Mr. John Hill *Lawrence Johnson as Cyril Hill *Augustus Balfour as Dr. Gaynor *

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as Louise Farrata

References

External links

* * 1922 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films directed by Herbert Brenon Fox Film films American black-and-white films Melodrama films 1922 drama films Silent American drama films 1922 lost films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub