Movie: School for Wives

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Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle

Richard Keith

Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist

Betty Lynch

Peggy Kelly
Peggy Kelly

Lady Atherton

Arthur Donaldson
Arthur Donaldson

Jordan B. Lynch

Allan Simpson
Allan Simpson

Howard Lynch

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy

Ralph

Dick Lee
Dick Lee

Tomlinson

Dorothy Allen
Dorothy Allen

Muggins

Gerald Oliver Smith
Gerald Oliver Smith

Ronald Van Stuyvesant

Emily Chichester
Emily Chichester

Kitty Dawson

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    School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly. It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics.

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    1925-04-05

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