This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

He Hired a Wife and Paid Her $25,000 a Year

1929 · 72 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy, Romance

A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.

Directed by Paul L. Stein · Written by Horace Jackson

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