''A Wonderful Wife'' is a 1922 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Paul Scardon Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages. When he was 15, Scardon debuted on stage as a contortionist in vaudeville. He progressed from that to pantomime and t ...

and written by Arthur F. Statter. It is based on the 1904 novel ''The Rat Trap'' by

Dolf Wyllarde Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, writing as Dolf Wyllarde (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950) was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction. From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and ...

. The film stars

Miss DuPont Miss DuPont (born Patricia Hannon; April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in ''Foolish Wives'' (1922) and for a supporting role in the Clara Bow vehicle '' ...

Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele ...

Landers Stevens John Landers Stevens (1877–1940) was an American stage and film actor. A character actor he appeared in prominent screen roles in the early 1920s before switching to smaller supporting parts, often authority figures, in the following decade. He ...

Charles Arling Charles Arling (22 August 1875 – 21 April 1922) was a Canadians, Canadian actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1909 and 1922. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died on 21 April 1922 from p ...

, Ethel Ritchie, and Harris Gordon. The film was released on April 24, 1922, by

Universal Film Manufacturing Company Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American film production and distribution company headquartered at the Universal Studios complex in Universal City, ...

Plot

As described in a

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, Chum Lewin (Dupont) is interested in advancing the career of her husband, Captain Alaric Lewin (Steele), in the British military service. Alaric is secretary to Commissioner Gregory (Stevens), and, in order to secure her husband a better post, Chum professes unusual interest in Gregory and his plans and allows him to hold her hand. Gregory becomes inflamed with passion and sends Captain Lewin to a far off point in the interior of Africa, from which he determines that his secretary will never return. Chum learns of Gregory's treachery and forces him to furnish her with an escort to take her to her husband's posting. She finds him ill with fever. Gregory follows her and, when natives attack, he meets an untimely death.

Cast

as Chum Lewin *

as Capt. Alaric Lewin *

as Commissioner Gregory *

as Halton *Ethel Ritchie as Diana *

Harris Gordon Harris Gordon (July 4, 1884-March 31, 1947) was an American actor born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He married actress Louise Emerald Bates. She later remarried to Edmund Mortimer and became Louise Bates Mortimer. Filmography *''The Picture of ...

as Nugent *

Nick De Ruiz Nicholas De Ruiz (February, 1871 – June 21, 1959) was an American actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1920 and 1938. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and died in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to b ...

as Native Groom

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wonderful Wife 1922 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1922 drama films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Paul Scardon American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films English-language drama films