The Wise Wife
1927•1h 0m•7.0•Released
Comedy
John Blaisdell, a stolid businessman married for 10 years, concludes that romantic love is a thing of the past for him. His wife, Helen, a very domestic and conservative woman, invites Jenny Lou, a young southern girl, as her houseguest, and the girl flirts with John; she is conspicuously unsuccessful until she pretends to faint on the golf course and the unsuspecting victim finds her in his arms.
Director
E. Mason Hopper
Writer
Tay Garnett, Zelda Sears
Studio
DeMille Pictures Corporation
Cast
Tom Moore
John Blaisdell
Phyllis Haver
Helen Blaisdell
Fred Walton
Helen's father
Jacqueline Logan
Jenny Lou
Joseph Striker
Carter Fairfax
Robert Bolder
Jason, The Butler
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