''Don't Neglect Your Wife'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by

Wallace Worsley Wallace Ashley Worsley (December 8, 1878 – March 26, 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film actor and film director during the Silent film, silent era. Over the course of his career, Worsley directed 29 films and acted in 7. He dir ...

and starring Mabel Julienne Scott, Lewis Stone and Charles Clary. This film was Gertrude Atherton's first story written specifically for the screen. It was produced under the working title ''Noblesse Oblige.

Plot

Cast

* Mabel Julienne Scott as Madeline * Lewis Stone as Langdon Masters * Charles Clary as Dr. Howard Talbot * Kate Lester as Mrs. Hunt McLane *

Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ...

as Ben Travers *

Josephine Crowell Josephine Bonaparte CrowellSlide, Anthony (1973). The Griffith Actresses'. South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes. pp. 22, 24. . (January 11, 1859– July 27, 1932) was a Canadian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 90 fil ...

as Mrs. Abott *

Darrell Foss Darrell Foss (born Darrell Burton Foss; March 24, 1892 – September 15, 1962) was a film actor. He had a leading role in films including in ''The Loyalty of Taro San'', a Triangle Film Corporation production, and opposite May Allison in at ...

as Holt * Norma Gordon as Sybyl Geary * Richard Tucker as George Geary * R.D. MacLean as Mr. Hunt McLane

Preservation

With no prints of ''Don't Neglect Your Wife'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

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.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 lost films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Wallace Worsley Goldwyn Pictures films 1920s American films Films based on works by Gertrude Atherton {{1920s-US-film-stub