The Neglected Wife

The Neglected Wife
Film poster
Directed byWilliam Bertram
Written byJoseph Dunn
Will M. Ritchey
Based on
The Journal of a Neglected Wife
The Woman Alone
by
  • Mabel Herbert Urner
StarringRuth Roland
Roland Bottomley
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • May 13, 1917 (1917-05-13)
Running time
15 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Neglected Wife is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram.[1]

Cast

Episodes

The serial consisted of fifteen two reel episodes,[3][4] released from May 13 to August 5, 1917:

  1. The Woman Alone
  2. Weakening
  3. In the Crucible
  4. Beyond Recall
  5. Under Suspicion
  6. On the Precipice
  7. The Message on the Mirror
  8. A Relentless Fate
  9. Deepening Degradation
  10. A Veiled Intrigue
  11. A Reckless Indiscretion
  12. Embittered Love
  13. Revolting Pride
  14. Desperation
  15. A Sacrifice Supreme

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Neglected Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required these cuts in these three episodes: Episode 11, throwing brick down on man, stealing key from rack, stealing letters, and throwing man into burning house; Episode 12, the intertitle "Or I will have you ejected by complaining that you are what you are -"; and Episode 13, thugs shooting from boat, two holdup scenes, attack on girl and gagging, shooting from window, and the intertitles "We must get the girl - to go back to him", "You have ruined Margaret Warner and the Veiled Woman", and "You will return to Kennedy or -".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Neglected Wife". silentera.com. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  2. ^ Staff Writer (October 27, 1917). "The Neglected Wife". The Hays Free Press. Hays, Kansas.
  3. ^ U.S. Copyright Office (1916). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Group 2". New Series. 13 (12). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress: 1455. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ U.S. Copyright Office (1917). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Group 2". New Series. 14 (5). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress: 565. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (14): 33. September 29, 1917.
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