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The Good-Bad Wife
William Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music hall dancer Fanchon La Fare. After William reluctantly returns to America, Fanchon follows him, and when she is threatened with deportation because of an irregularity in her passport, William marries her. The marriage causes consternation in the upright Carter family, which is compounded when Fanchon performs one of her dances at a church benefit. At the conclusion of her dance, Fanchon sees a stranger in the audience and faints. Later, the same man appears at the Carter residence and demands to see her. Leigh Carter, William's younger brother, becomes angered and shoots the man. At the trial, Fanchon confesses that the stranger was her estranged husband whom she had been forced to marry when she was but a child. The crime thus clarified, Leigh is freed, and Fanchon, who had been expelled earlier from the Carter house, is welcomed back by her husband and his family. (Courtesy TCM)
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This silent film, unfortunately, has very little documented information available. As a silent film from 1920, it would have relied on visual storytelling and intertitles to convey its narrative, likely focusing on dramatic themes common to the era. The title suggests a central conflict or character study involving a woman with dual, contrasting traits.
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Many silent films from the early 20th century are now considered lost, with only fragments or no records surviving. 'The Good-Bad Wife' may fall into this category, making detailed historical analysis challenging.
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