A Wife on Trial

A Wife on Trial

1917 en 50 minutes

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Plot

Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther, one of her patrons, and happily entertains his invalid wife. Later, Mrs. de Guenther encourages Phyllis to meet with Mrs. Harrington, a dying rich woman whose son Allan, once a vigorous young man, was paralyzed in an auto accident. When Mrs. Harrington proposes to the librarian that she marry and take care of Allan in exchange for his wealth, Phyllis reluctantly consents. While struggling to cheer up the eternally gloomy Allan, Phyllis welcomes the visits of his friend, a doctor who informs her that her husband's paralysis may be psychosomatic.

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Cast

Mignon Anderson

Mignon Anderson

Phyllis Narcissa

Leo Pierson

Leo Pierson

Allan Harrington

L. M. Wells

L. M. Wells

Horace de Guenther

Julia Jackson

Julia Jackson

Mrs. de Guenther

George C. Pearce

George C. Pearce

Wallis (as George Pearce)

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Child (uncredited)

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