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A Wife on Trial

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A Wife on Trial
Trade advertisement
Directed byRuth Ann Baldwin
Written byLeo Pierson
Based onThe Rose-Garden Husband
by Margaret Widdemer
StarringMignon Anderson
Leo Pierson
L.M. Wells
CinematographyStephen S. Norton
Edited byRoy Dixon
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 30, 1917 (1917-07-30)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Wife on Trial is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin and starring Mignon Anderson, Leo Pierson, and L.M. Wells.[1][2]

This film is considered a lost film.[3]

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of A Wife on Trial located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 26
  2. ^ a b "A Wife on Trial". afi.com. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "American Silent Feature Film Database: A Wife on Trial". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2
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