Wife or Country

1918 film

Wife or Country

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Directed by| E. Mason Hopper
Written by| Harry Mestayer
Charles J. Wilson
Starring| Gloria Swanson
Cinematography| Clyde Cook
Distributed by| Triangle Film Corporation

Release date

* December 29, 1918 (1918-12-29)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Wife or Country is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Gloria Swanson in her last role for Triangle Film Corporation.[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1]

## Plot

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Based upon a review in a film magazine,[2] Gretchen (Lederer) has reclaimed husband Dale Barker (Mestayer) from a drinking habit, and he has become a lawyer working with the Department of Justice in hunting down German propagandists. Before their marriage, Gretchen had been involved with propagandists and cannot now extricate herself, and she fears discovery by her husband. She is jealous of Sylvia Hamilton (Swanson), Dale's stenographer, and plans on bringing her under suspicion. When arrested as a spy, Sylvia turns over a mass of evidence, some of which incriminates Gretchen, placing Dale between love of country and loyalty to his wife.

## Cast

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* Harry Mestayer as Dale Barker
* Gretchen Lederer as Gretchen Barker
* Gloria Swanson as Sylvia Hamilton
* Jack Richardson as Dr. Meyer Stahl
* Charles West as Jack Holiday

## References

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1. ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: Wife or Country". Silent Era. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
2. ^ "Advertising Aids for Busy Managers: Wife or Country". Moving Picture World. 39 (2). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 251–52. January 11, 1919. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

## External links

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* Wife or Country at IMDb
* Wife or Country at AllMovie

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Films directed by E. Mason Hopper

* Tangled Skeins (1916)
* The Selfish Woman (1916)
* The Right Direction (1916)
* The Wax Model (1917)
* The Prison Without Walls (1917)
* The Spirit of Romance (1917)
* As Men Love (1917)
* The Tar Heel Warrior (1917)
* The Regenerates (1917)
* The Hidden Spring (1917)
* Wife or Country (1918)
* Her American Husband (1918)
* Come Again Smith (1919)
* Dangerous Curve Ahead (1921)
* All's Fair in Love (1921)
* Hold Your Horses (1921)
* Brothers Under the Skin (1922)
* The Glorious Fool (1922)
* Hungry Hearts (1922)
* Daddy (1923)
* The Love Piker (1923)
* The Great White Way (1924)
* Janice Meredith (1924)
* The Crowded Hour (1925)
* Paris at Midnight (1926)
* Up in Mabel's Room (1926)
* Almost a Lady (1926)
* The Wise Wife (1927)
* The Night Bride (1927)
* Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)
* The Carnation Kid (1929)
* Wise Girls (1929)
* Their Own Desire (1929)
* Square Shoulders (1929)
* Her Mad Night (1932)
* Shop Angel (1932)
* Midnight Morals (1932)
* No Living Witness (1932)
* Sister to Judas (1932)
* Malay Nights (1932)
* Alias Mary Smith (1932)
* One Year Later (1933)
* Curtain at Eight (1933)
* Hong Kong Nights (1935)

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