Silk Husbands and Calico Wives

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives

1920 · 52 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

After small-town attorney Deane Kendall wins an important case, a prestigious law firm lures him to the city. Accompanying him is his wife Edith, who retains her small-town ways, so does not fit into her husband's new social world. When adventuress Georgia Wilson meets the promising attorney, she falls in love and determines to break up his marriage. Georgia arranges for artist Charles Madison to lure Edith to his apartments and seduce her. Resisting his advances, Edith flees back to the innocent town of Harmony. Soon after, Kendall arrives, informed by Georgia that his wife is with Madison. However, the artist's mistress, who witnessed the incident, testifies to Edith's purity, and Kendall follows Edith back to their hometown, where they are reconciled.

Directed by Alfred E. Green · Written by Monte M. Katterjohn

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House Peters Deane Kendall
Mary Alden Edith Beecher Kendall
Mildred Reardon Marcia Lawson
Edward Kimball Jerome Appleby
Sam Sothern Alec Beecher
Eva Novak Georgia Wilson
Vincent Serrano Charles Madison
Rosita Marstini Mrs. Westervelt
James Robert Chandler Judge

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