Too Much Wife

Myra Coningsby, a newlywed who is determined not to be a submissive wife but ultimately learns to find a balance in her marriage after a dramatic incident involving a faked drowning.

Cast

Wanda Hawley

as Myra Morgan

T. Roy Barnes

as Jack Morgan

Arthur Hoyt

as John Coningsby

Lillian Langdon

as Mrs. Coningsby

Willard Louis

as Tom Hare

Leigh Wyant

as Jane Cunningham

Bertram Johns

as Jim Walker

Johnny Fox

as Office Boy

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