Drama ·Comedy · United States of America · 1918 · 1h 12m

Old Wives for New

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Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
Elliott Dexter as Charles Murdock Florence Vidor as Juliet Raeburn Sylvia Ashton as Sophy Murdock Wanda Hawley as Sophy in Prologue Theodore Roberts as Tom Berkeley Helen Jerome Eddy as Norma Murdock
Crew
Alvin Wyckoff — Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille — Editor Louis F. Gottschalk — Original Music Composer Jeanie Macpherson — Writer David Graham Phillips — Novel Cecil B. DeMille — Producer
Tagline

IT TAKES THE FOUR WALLS OFF MARRIED LIFE AND PART OF THE CEILING,TOO.

Synopsis

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.

Mood & Themes
paris, francewifemurder
Key Collaborators
Cecil B. DeMille Director Alvin Wyckoff Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille Editor Louis F. Gottschalk Original Music Composer Jeanie Macpherson Writer David Graham Phillips Novel Cecil B. DeMille Producer Alpharetta Hoffman Costume Design
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