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Not to be confused with Pretend Wife. 1918 American film

The Make-Believe Wife
Still with David Powell and Billie Burke
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Written by	Edward Childs Carpenter (screen story) Adrian Gil-Spear (scenario)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Billie Burke
Cinematography	William Marshall
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 17, 1918 (1918-11-17)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Make-Believe Wife is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and directed by John S. Robertson. Based on an original story for the screen, it was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Cast

Billie Burke as Phyllis Ashbrook
Alfred Hickman as Roger Mason
Ida Darling as Mrs. Ashbrook
David Powell as John Manning
Wray Page as Anita Webb
Isabel O'Madigan as Mrs. Harbury
Frances Kaye as Eileen Harbury
Bigelow Cooper as Mr. Ashbrook
Howard Johnson as Donald Ashbrook
F. Gatenbery Bell as Mr. Harbury

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Make-Believe Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of the five intertitles "Marian?", "Ethel?", "Daisy?", "Louise, Mabel, Irene," etc., and "Oh, Geraldine", scene of man looking at picture and at woman's underwear and nodding head, and the two intertitles "I give you my word that I don't know who is in that room" and "I thought my past was dead".

References

The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Make-Believe Wife
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Make-Believe Wife(Wayback)
Progressive Silent Film List: The Make-Believe Wife at silentera.com
"Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (24). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 42. December 7, 1918.

External links

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Love and Trout (1916) The Thorn and the Rose (1916) Getting By (1916) Trouble for Four (1916) Justice a la Carte (1916) The Meeting (1917) Intrigue (1917) The Money Mill (1917) Vanity and Some Sables (1917) A Service of Love (1917) Baby Mine (1917) The Bottom of the Well (1917) The Menace (1918) The Better Half (1918) The Girl of Today (1918) The Make-Believe Wife (1918) Little Miss Hoover (1918) Here Comes the Bride (1919) The Test of Honor (1919) Let's Elope (1919) Come Out of the Kitchen (1919) The Misleading Widow (1919) Sadie Love (1919) Erstwhile Susan (1919) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Away Goes Prudence (1920) A Dark Lantern (1920) 39 East (1920) Sentimental Tommy (1921) The Magic Cup (1921) Footlights (1921) Love's Boomerang (1922) The Spanish Jade (1922) Tess of the Storm Country (1922) The Bright Shawl (1923) The Fighting Blade (1923) Twenty-One (1923) The Enchanted Cottage (1924) Classmates (1924) New Toys (1925) Soul-Fire (1925) Shore Leave (1925) Annie Laurie (1927) Captain Salvation (1927) The Road to Romance (1927) The Single Standard (1929) Shanghai Lady (1929) Night Ride (1930) Captain of the Guard (1930) Madonna of the Streets (1930) Beyond Victory (1931) The Phantom of Paris (1931) Little Orphan Annie (1932) One Man's Journey (1933) The Crime Doctor (1934) His Greatest Gamble (1934) Wednesday's Child (1934) Grand Old Girl (1934) Captain Hurricane (1935) Our Little Girl (1935)

Films directed by John S. Robertson

Love and Trout (1916)
The Thorn and the Rose (1916)
Getting By (1916)
Trouble for Four (1916)
Justice a la Carte (1916)
The Meeting (1917)
Intrigue (1917)
The Money Mill (1917)
Vanity and Some Sables (1917)
A Service of Love (1917)
Baby Mine (1917)
The Bottom of the Well (1917)
The Menace (1918)
The Better Half (1918)
The Girl of Today (1918)
The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
Little Miss Hoover (1918)
Here Comes the Bride (1919)
The Test of Honor (1919)
Let's Elope (1919)
Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
The Misleading Widow (1919)
Sadie Love (1919)
Erstwhile Susan (1919)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
A Dark Lantern (1920)
39 East (1920)
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
The Magic Cup (1921)
Footlights (1921)
Love's Boomerang (1922)
The Spanish Jade (1922)
Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
The Fighting Blade (1923)
Twenty-One (1923)
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
Classmates (1924)
New Toys (1925)
Soul-Fire (1925)
Shore Leave (1925)
Annie Laurie (1927)
Captain Salvation (1927)
The Road to Romance (1927)
The Single Standard (1929)
Shanghai Lady (1929)
Night Ride (1930)
Captain of the Guard (1930)
Madonna of the Streets (1930)
Beyond Victory (1931)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Little Orphan Annie (1932)
One Man's Journey (1933)
The Crime Doctor (1934)
His Greatest Gamble (1934)
Wednesday's Child (1934)
Grand Old Girl (1934)
Captain Hurricane (1935)
Our Little Girl (1935)

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