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The Wife of the Centaur is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 1 december 1924 with Eleanor Boardman
The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
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Add to a movie listThe Wife of the Centaur is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shortly after it formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Mayer Pictures in April 1924.
It is now considered to be a lost film. A few seconds of Boardman in this film (from around 3:07 to 3:10) is included in Twenty Years After (1944), a promotional short made by MGM to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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Jeffrey Dwyer, un romancier doué mais névrosé, est attiré par Joan Converse, une jeune femme innocente, mais il l'oublie lorsqu'il rencontre la voluptueuse Inez Martin. Après une courte histoire passionnée, Inez quitte Jeffrey au profit d'Harry Todd, avec qui elle se marie. Jeffrey se tourne alors vers l'alcool et la débauche et n'écrit plus. Lorsqu'il réalise qu'il est en train de gâcher sa vie, il épouse Joan, loue une maison à la montagne et écrit un second roman, qui a du succès. Il est heureux avec Joan jusqu'à ce qu'Inez, dont le mariage a échoué, décide qu'elle veut renouer avec lui. Elle loue une maison à côté de la sienne, Jeffrey laisse alors une lettre à Joan, lui disant qu'il l'abandonne pour Inez. Toutefois, il finit par réaliser son erreur, revient vers Joan, qui lui pardonne et l'accueille chez eux.Actors
Eleanor Boardman
(Joan Converse)
John Gilbert
(Jeffrey Dwyer)
Aileen Pringle
(Inez Martin)
Kate Lester
(Mrs. Converse)
William Haines
(Edward Converse)
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