School for Wives (film)

School for Wives
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Directed byVictor Halperin
Written byVictor Halperin
Based onThe House of Lynch
by Leonard Merrick
Produced byVictor Halperin
StarringConway Tearle
Sigrid Holmquist
Peggy Kelly
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Jack Zanderbrock
Production
company
Victory Pictures
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • April 5, 1925 (1925-04-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly.[1][2] It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics.[3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[5] a rich young woman marries a poor English artist who refuses to accept her father's tainted money. The artist lives up to his ideals, which precipitates a conflict. He is forced to accept a sum which permits their son to have an operation. After the wife gives up on her father's money through learning that it has no place in the scheme of happiness, she is reconciled to her husband. They live happily.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of School for Wives located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ Goble p. 942
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: School for Wives at silentera.com
  3. ^ Sculthorpe p. 16
  4. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: School for Wives (Wayback)
  5. ^ "New Pictures: School for Wives", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (5): 54, April 25, 1925, retrieved January 23, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: School for Wives

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Sculthorpe, Derek. Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy: A Bio-Filmography. McFarland, 2017.
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