The Indestructible Wife

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The Indestructible Wife

1919

0h 50m

8.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Romantic comedy variation on "The Taming of the Shrew" starring Alice Brady.

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10 members

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Alice Brady

Charlotte Ordway

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Saxon Kling

Jim Ordway

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Sue Balfour

Mother

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George Backus

Father

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Roy Adams

Brandy

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William A. Williams

Peter Brooks (as W.A. Williams)

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Anne Cornwall

Toots Brooks

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Percy Marmont

Schuyler Horne

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Leonore Hughes

Julia Cleves

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Thomas Donnelly

Butler

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