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The Probation Wife is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sidney Franklin released in USA on 24 may 1919 with Norma Talmadge

The Probation Wife (1919)

The Probation Wife
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Released in USA 24 may 1919
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama

The Probation Wife is a 1919 silent film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge served as her own producer with distribution through Select Pictures.

Copies of this film are held at the Library of Congress and the George Eastman House.

Actors

Norma Talmadge

(Josephine Mowbray)Thomas Meighan

(Harrison Wade)Alec B. Francis

(Huntley McMerton)Amelia Summerville

(Eunice Galway)
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