Idle Wives
1916, English. Directed by Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley.
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Lois WeberDirector
- Phillips SmalleyDirector
- Lois WeberAnne
- Phillips SmalleyJohn Wall
- Mary MacLarenMolly
- Edward HearnRichard
- Seymour HastingsBilly Shane
- Countess Du CelloWall's Mother
- Pauline AsterAlberta
- Cecilia MatthewsMolly's Mother
- Ben F. WilsonMr. Jamison
- Maude GeorgeMrs. Jamison
- Neva GerberMary Wells
- Charles PerleyTough Burns
Details
- Released
- 16 September 1916
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
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Idle Wives runs 30 minutes (0h 30m).
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Idle Wives isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 1916. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked Idle Wives, try Hounddog, The Safety of Objects, Call Me Crazy: A Five Film.
Who directed Idle Wives?
Idle Wives (1916) was directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley and stars Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, Mary MacLaren.