Why Change Your Wife?

Why Change Your Wife?

Why Change Your Wife?

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Why Change Your Wife?

"There's one time when real married life is absorbingly entertaining- It's when Cecil B. DeMille puts it in a picture."

1920

1h 30m

5.5(18 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Gloria Swanson

Beth Gordon

Gloria Swanson

Acting

Thomas Meighan

Robert Gordon

Thomas Meighan

Acting

Bebe Daniels

Sally Clark

Bebe Daniels

Acting

Theodore Kosloff

Radinioff

Theodore Kosloff

Acting

Sylvia Ashton

Aunt Kate

Sylvia Ashton

Acting

Clarence Geldart

The Doctor

Clarence Geldart

Acting

Mayme Kelso

Harriette - the Couturière

Mayme Kelso

Acting

Lucien Littlefield

Gordon's Butler

Lucien Littlefield

Acting

Edna Mae Cooper

Gordon's Maid

Edna Mae Cooper

Acting

Jane Wolfe

Harriette's Client

Jane Wolfe

Acting

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Sally's Maid (Uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

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