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Idle Wives (1916) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1916 · 30 mins · English
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- Starring
- Lois Weber, Charles Perley, Phillips Smalley, Edward Hearn, Seymour Hastings, Mary MacLaren
The characters gather to view a film called “Life’s Mirror,” which shows each of them a parallel, cautionary version of their own existence, presenting stark what‑if scenarios. Only the first two reels of the originally seven‑reel work have survived to this day.
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