Old Wives for New

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Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Starring (View all)

Elliott Dexter
Charles Murdock

Florence Vidor
Juliet Raeburn

Sylvia Ashton
Sophy Murdock

Wanda Hawley
Sophy in Prologue

Theodore Roberts
Tom Berkeley

Helen Jerome Eddy
Norma Murdock

Marcia Manon
Viola Hastings

Julia Faye
Jessie

Written by

Jeanie Macpherson
writer

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Silent Films released in 1918 (126 items)
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3 years, 7 months ago at Aug 15 1:25

fernando

(OK) De Mille in 1918 has devoloped his language and style as storngly as Griffith; the glamour came a bit later. Sober in romance and drama, a bit the romantic comedy side...

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Description: In scene after scene, Old Wives for New (1918) must have startled its original audiences. The "old" wife, grown fat and slovenly, eats bonbons and reads the Bible while ignoring her family. The "new" wife is no innocent flower but a successful, independent businesswoman. An old roue leaves his own wife at home while he dallies with young gold diggers who have a most casual attitude toward their unconventional lifestyles. The film even suggests divorce as a possible solution to "irreconcilable differences" in marriage. This film so shocked Paramount's head, Adolph Zukor, that he was opposed to releas ... (more)

Release date: 19 May 1918

Tags: Silent (3), Drama (2), 1918 (2), Romance (1)

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fernando posted a review 3 years, 7 months ago

“(OK) De Mille in 1918 has devoloped his language and style as storngly as Griffith; the glamour came a bit later. Sober in romance and drama, a bit the romantic comedy side...” read more