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Old Wives for New is a american film of genre Drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille released in USA on 18 may 1918 with Elliott Dexter
Old Wives for New (1918)
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Add to a movie listOld Wives for New is a 1918 American drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Old Wives for New". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
Actors
Elliott Dexter
(Charles Murdock)
Florence Vidor
(Juliet Raeburn)
Wanda Hawley
(Sophy in Prologue)
Sylvia Ashton
(Sophy Murdock)
Noah Beery, Jr
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