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The Good-Bad Wife

  • 1920
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The Good-Bad Wife (1920)
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William Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music-hall dancer Fanchon La Fare. After William reluctantly returns to America, Fanchon follows him, and when she is threa... Read allWilliam Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music-hall dancer Fanchon La Fare. After William reluctantly returns to America, Fanchon follows him, and when she is threatened with deportation because of an irregularity in her passport, William marries her. Th... Read allWilliam Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music-hall dancer Fanchon La Fare. After William reluctantly returns to America, Fanchon follows him, and when she is threatened with deportation because of an irregularity in her passport, William marries her. The marriage causes consternation in the upright Carter family, which is compounded when Fan... Read all

  • Directors
    • Chester M. De Vonde
    • Vera McCord
  • Writers
    • Paul Price
    • Mary Imlay Taylor
  • Stars
    • Sidney Mason
    • Dorothy Green
    • Moe Lee
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  • YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Chester M. De Vonde
      • Vera McCord
    • Writers
      • Paul Price
      • Mary Imlay Taylor
    • Stars
      • Sidney Mason
      • Dorothy Green
      • Moe Lee
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sidney Mason
    Sidney Mason
    • William Carter
    Dorothy Green
    • Fanchon La Fare
    Moe Lee
    • Toy To
    Leslie Stowe
    • Johnson Carter
    Mathilde Brundage
    Mathilde Brundage
    • Mrs. Carter
    Albert Hackett
    Albert Hackett
    • Leigh Carter
    Pauline Dempsey
    • Mirandy
    Wes Jenkins
    • Scipio
    • (as Wesley Jenkins)
    Bessie Stinson
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Col. Denbigh
    Jack Baston
    • Daniel Carter
    • (as J. Thornton Baston)
    Beatrice Jordan
    • Emily
    John Ardizoni
    • Aristide Corwin
    • Directors
      • Chester M. De Vonde
      • Vera McCord
    • Writers
      • Paul Price
      • Mary Imlay Taylor
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    • Release date
      • October 1920 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
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      • English
    • Production company
      • Vera McCord Productions
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      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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