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The Wife He Bought(1918)
Status: Released
Date: 1918-02-04
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James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock. Valiant's son Steele returns from the Northwest, where he won his fortune, just before his father's death and decides to devote his life to the cause of revenge.
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Bluebird Photoplays
Movie: The Wife He Bought
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Carmel Myers
Janice Brieson
Kenneth Harlan
Steele Valiant
Howard Crampton
Hutch Valiant
Sydney Deane
James Brierson
Allan Sears
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James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock. Valiant's son Steele returns from the Northwest, where he won his fortune, just before his father's death and decides to devote his life to the cause of revenge.
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1918-02-04
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