Scrambled Wives
Back to the screen comes Marguerite Clark in the happiest piece of hilarity you've ever seen her in.
1921 · 1h 10m · N/A Comedy
Overview
Mary Lucille Smith, a schoolgirl who elopes with John Chiverick, gets her marriage annulled by her father, and later pretends to be a widow to romance another man, Larry McLeod, leading to chaotic mix-ups and hidden identities at a party where Chiverick's new wife also shows up, all about mistaken identities, secret pasts, and comedic marital mishaps.
Director and cast
- Marguerite Clark as Miss Mary Lucille Smith
- Pierre Gendron as Larry McLeod
- Ralph Bunker as John Chiverick
- Florence Martin as Bessie
- Virginia Lee as Beatrice Lee
- Alice Mann as Connie Chiverick
- America Chedister as Mrs. Halsey
- Frank Badgley as Dickie Van Arsdale
- John Mayer as Mr. Halsey
- John Washburn as Mr. Smith
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