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Man and Wife (1923) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1923 · 50 mins · English
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- Directed by
- John L. McCutcheon
- Starring
- Norma Shearer, Maurice Costello, Robert Elliott, Gladys Leslie, Ernest Hilliard, Edna May Spooner
Dora Perkins, a country girl, flees to New York City, finds work as a nurse and marries celebrated brain surgeon Dr. Howard Fleming. Believed dead after a fire, she later reappears, having survived but left deeply traumatized. Unaware of her ties, Fleming vacations in the countryside, meets Dora’s sister Dolly, and marries her; Dolly soon becomes pregnant, setting up a tangled family crisis.
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