Man and Wife (1923)
Dora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and marries Dr. Howard Fleming, a famed brain surgeon. Supposedly she dies in a fire, and some time later Fleming takes a vacation in the country, where by some odd coincidence he winds up meeting Dolly, Dora's sister. Without realizing her relationship to Dora, he marries her. Soon Dolly is expecting, and not long after, Dora pops up -- she survived the fire, but has been left hopelessly insane.
Director:
John L. McCutcheon
Writer:
Leota Morgan
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Norma Shearer as Dora Perkins |
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Maurice Costello as Caleb Perkins |
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Gladys Leslie as Dolly Perkins |
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Edna May Spooner as Mrs. Perkins |
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Robert Elliott as Dr. Howard Fleming |
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Ernest Hilliard as Walter Powell |
| Writing | Leota Morgan | Screenplay |
| Directing | John L. McCutcheon | Director |