''The Neglected Wife'' is a 1917 American
drama
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film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, ge ...
directed by
William Bertram.
Cast
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Ruth Roland
Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 – September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer.
Early life and career
Roland was born in San Francisco, California to Elizabeth Lillian Hauser and Jack Roland. Her father managed a t ...
as Margaret Warner
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Roland Bottomley
Roland Bottomley (1880-1947) was a British born American stage and film actor from Liverpool, England. Some sources have him born in 1878 and others in 1879.''American and British Theatrical Biography'', p.125 c.1979 by J. P. Wearing .. He came to ...
as Horace Kennedy
* Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy
* Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardin)
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Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California.
McCullough's film debut came in 1912 ...
as Frank Norwood
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Mollie McConnell
Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an American silent film actress.
McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chica ...
Episodes
The serial consisted of fifteen two reel episodes,
released from May 13 to August 5, 1917:
#The Woman Alone
#Weakening
#In the Crucible
#Beyond Recall
#Under Suspicion
#On the Precipice
#The Message on the Mirror
#A Relentless Fate
#Deepening Degradation
#A Veiled Intrigue
#A Reckless Indiscretion
#Embittered Love
#Revolting Pride
#Desperation
#A Sacrifice Supreme
Reception
Like many American films of the time, ''The Neglected Wife'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required these cuts in these three episodes: Episode 11, throwing brick down on man, stealing key from rack, stealing letters, and throwing man into burning house; Episode 12, the intertitle "Or I will have you ejected by complaining that you are what you are -"; and Episode 13, thugs shooting from boat, two holdup scenes, attack on girl and gagging, shooting from window, and the intertitles "We must get the girl - to go back to him", "You have ruined Margaret Warner and the Veiled Woman", and "You will return to Kennedy or -".
See also
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
(Film prints exist unless noted otherwise)
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are considered ...
References
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1917 films
Silent American drama films
American silent serial films
Pathé Exchange film serials
1917 drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William Bertram
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
English-language drama films