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The Better Half
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5073 feet
Directed by J.S. Robertson (John S. Robertson)

Cast: Alice Brady [Trixie Thorley; and Louise Thorley], David Powell [Michael Thwaite], Crauford Kent [Hendrick Thurston], W.T. Carleton [Judge Thorley], Isabel O’Madigan [Mrs. Corlandt], Richard Allen [the doctor]

Select Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Louis Sherwin, from the novel Michael Thwaite’s Wife by Miriam Michelson. Cinematography by Henry Lyman Broening. / © 3 September 1918 by Select Pictures Corporation [LP12850]. Released September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 July 2012.

References: Website-AFI.