Mar 12, 1922
50 min
Full-HD

Island Wives (1922)

Elsa, a young wife living on an isolated South Seas island, is restless, bored and wants to leave. The manager of the island trading post lusts after her, and when her husband leaves for a business trip but is caught in a typhoon, he makes his move on Elsa. While she manages to escape his advances, she winds up being "rescued" by a wealthy playboy who persuades her that her husband is dead. Complications ensue.

Category

Adventure Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Vitagraph Company of America

Corinne Griffith

Elsa Melton

Charles Trowbridge

Jimmy

Rockliffe Fellowes

Hitchens

Ivan Christy

McMasters

Edna Hibbard

Piala

Norman Rankow

Bibo

Peggy Parr

McMasters' Native Wife

J. Barney Sherry

Yacht Captain

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