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His Divorced Wife (1919)
Directed by Douglas Gerrard
Overview
In an Eastern Kentucky mountain town, illiterate Asa Whipple, the village blacksmith, marries beautiful Nance Haws over the objections of her father. A former aristocrat who was financially ruined, Jethro Haws wanted Nance to marry lawyer Rufus Couch. After Sandy Orr, an escaped convict employed by the kind-hearted Asa, kills Luke Andrews for implying that Nance’s expected child is Couch’s, Asa takes the blame. He is convicted by Couch, now district attorney, who destroyed the confession Orr left before running away.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
Monroe Salisbury | Charles West | Charles Le Moyne | Alfred Allen | Alice Claire Elliott | Ray Gallagher | Pat Moore