The Neglected Wife

The Neglected Wife
Film poster
Directed by	William Bertram
Written by	Joseph Dunn Will M. Ritchey
Based on	The Journal of a Neglected Wife The Woman Alone by Mabel Herbert Urner
Starring	Ruth Roland Roland Bottomley
Production company	Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	May 13, 1917 (1917-05-13)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

The Neglected Wife is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram.^[1]

Cast

• Ruth Roland as Margaret Warner
• Roland Bottomley as Horace Kennedy^[2]
• Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy
• Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardin)
• Philo McCullough as Frank Norwood
• Mollie McConnell

Episodes

The serial consisted of fifteen two reel episodes,^[3][4] released from May 13 to August 5, 1917:

1. The Woman Alone
2. Weakening
3. In the Crucible
4. Beyond Recall
5. Under Suspicion
6. On the Precipice
7. The Message on the Mirror
8. A Relentless Fate
9. Deepening Degradation
10. A Veiled Intrigue
11. A Reckless Indiscretion
12. Embittered Love
13. Revolting Pride
14. Desperation
15. A Sacrifice Supreme

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Neglected Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required these cuts in these three episodes: Episode 11, throwing brick down on man, stealing key from rack, stealing letters, and throwing man into burning house; Episode 12, the intertitle "Or I will have you ejected by complaining that you are what you are -"; and Episode 13, thugs shooting from boat, two holdup scenes, attack on girl and gagging, shooting from window, and the intertitles "We must get the girl - to go back to him", "You have ruined Margaret Warner and the Veiled Woman", and "You will return to Kennedy or -".^[5]

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Neglected Wife". silentera.com. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
2. Staff Writer (October 27, 1917). "The Neglected Wife". The Hays Free Press. Hays, Kansas.
3. U.S. Copyright Office (1916). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Group 2". New Series. 13 (12). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress: 1455. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. U.S. Copyright Office (1917). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Group 2". New Series. 14 (5). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress: 565. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (14): 33. September 29, 1917.

External links

• The Neglected Wife at IMDb
• The Journal of a Neglected Wife at the Internet Archive
• The Woman Alone at the Internet Archive