''The Part-time Wife'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by

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and starring

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, Robert Ellis and

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.Munden p.590 The film was produced by the

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company Gotham Pictures. It was based on a short story of the same title by Peggy Gaddis. It was released in Britain the following year by

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Synopsis

Film star Doris Fuller marries financially-struggling journalist Kenneth Scott but he is humiliated by being referred to as "Mr. Dorris Fuller". His wife quits her work to be become a full-time wife but their money problems lead her to return to acting. Believing she is having an affair, Scott begins courting a rising young actress Nita Northrup leading to a breach in the marriage. Eventually they reconcile after Scott's new play becomes a hit, and a

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injury to Doris leads her to quit her film career.

Cast

as Doris Fuller * Robert Ellis as Kenneth Scott *

as DeWitt Courtney *

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as Ben Ellis * Janice Peters as Nita Northrup * Patricia Palmer as 'Toddles' Thornton * Charles West as Allen Keane

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Henry McCarty American black-and-white films Gotham Pictures films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{silent-drama-film-stub