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Wife Number Two is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Nigh released in USA on 29 july 1917 with Valeska Suratt
Wife Number Two (1917)
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Add to a movie listWife Number Two is a 1917 American silent drama film feature directed and written by William Nigh. The film starred Valeska Suratt, vamp rival to Theda Bara on the Fox lot, and was Suratt's penultimate silent film performance. The film is now considered lost.
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