Virtuous Wives

Virtuous Wives
Virtuous Wives
	Ad for film with Anita Stewart
Directed by	George Loane Tucker
Written by	George Loane Tucker (scenario)
Based on	Virtuous Wives; by Owen Johnson
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer; Anita Stewart
Starring	Anita Stewart
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Music by	Phil Spitalny
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	December 28, 1918;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Virtuous Wives is a lost^[1] 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Loane Tucker, and stars Anita Stewart. Future gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (billed as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper) co-starred. Based on the novel of the same name by Owen Johnson,^[2] the film was produced Anita Stewart's, production company. It was also the first film produced by Louis B. Mayer.^[3]

Plot[]

Based upon a review in a film magazine,^[4] Amy (Stewart) and Andrew Forrester (Tearle) are happy in the first few weeks of their married life with the comforts that his $25,000 income brings. Andrew turns down a business opportunity with steel magnate Maurice Delabarre (Arden), but Delabarre decides he needs Andrew's business abilities, and invites the couple to his house. Amy finds her living standard wanting, and demands that Andrew accept the offer even though it will cause them to be separated. After he accepts, Amy throws herself into the gaieties of the social set and even challenges the position of Delabarre's wife Irma (Hopper). Irma, finding her social throne tottering, sends for Andrew. On his return, he judges Amy's new lifestyle by old standards and wonders whether she is a virtuous wife.