A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Amateur Wife
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5358 feet
Directed by Edward Dillon

Cast: Irene Castle [Justine Spencer], William P. Carleton [Cosmo Spotiswood], Arthur Rankin [Billy Ferris], S.J. Warrington [Randolph Ferguson], A. Saskin [Oliver Ferris], Augusta Anderson [Dodo Spencer], Mrs. Charles Dewey [Loti], Ellen Olson [Sara]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount-Artcraft Picture]. / Scenario by Jane Murfin, from the short story “Miss Antique” by Nalbro Bartley. Art direction by Charles Osborne Seessel. Cinematography by Hal Young. Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 12 February 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14755]. Released 22 February 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 August 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.