Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Old Wives for New (1918)

Artcraft Pictures
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)

Oil millionaire Elliott Dexter is unhappily married to his slovenly, overweight, middle-aged wife. He requests a divorce and goes on a long hunting trip with his nearly-grown children, where he meets and falls in love with New York fashion designer Florence Vidor. Back at home, he spends a night out with his business partner and his "lady friends", leading to murder. His wife finally divorces him, but he ends up in Europe trying to shield his true love from the scandals. It's not really the expected morality lesson, since the marriage is not saved, but there is a happy ending for almost everyone nonetheless.

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