
When Geoffrey Challoner sees his new wife Robin reading old love letters, he assumes that they have been sent by a rival lover and storms out of the house. In his absence, Norman Craig, who with his wife plans to lease an upstairs apartment owned by Judge Corcoran, wanders into the Challoners' apartment, and Robin, mistaking him for a burglar, shoots him and then runs for a doctor.

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To navigate the celluloid landscape of 1918 is to witness a medium in the throes of a sophisticated adolescence. Wives and Other Wives, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and penned by the embryonic genius of Jules Furthman, stands as a fascinating specimen of the 'bedroom farce' before the Hays Code tightened its puritanical ...

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"To navigate the celluloid landscape of 1918 is to witness a medium in the throes of a sophisticated adolescence. Wives and Other Wives, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and penned by the embryonic genius of Jules Furthman, stands as a fascinating specimen of the 'bedroom farce' before the Hays Code tightened its puritanical grip on Hollywood’s throat. This isn't merely a comedy of errors; it is a frantic, beautifully staged exploration of the volatility of the young American marriage, anchored by the ..."


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