Film

My American Wife

1922 · 1h · Drama

IMDb

6.2

Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky woman whose horse has won a race at a South American track. Manuel gives a party in her honor, where she is insulted by one of the guests. Manuel knocks down the offender. The offender, whose father is a powerful figure in the country's politics, challenges Manuel to a duel, but also hires a man to hide in ambush and kill his opponent. Manuel is only wounded and Natalie nurses him back to health. Natalie loves Manuel and seeks to uncover the mystery of the bullet fired at him during the duel. A lost film.

Gloria Swanson

Natalie Chester

Antonio Moreno

Manuel La Tessa

Josef Swickard

Don Fernando DeContas

Eric Mayne

Carlos DeGrossa

Gino Corrado

Pedro DeGrossa

Edythe Chapman

Donna Isabella LaTassa

Aileen Pringle

Hortensia deVereta

Walter Long

Gomez

Frank Butler

Horace Beresford (as F.R. Butler)

Jacques D'Auray

Gaston Navarre

Loyal Underwood

Danny O'Hare

Mary Land

Maid

Mervyn LeRoy

Extra

• Sam WoodDirector
• Monte M. KatterjohnWriter
• Hector TurnbullStory
• Alfred GilksDirector of Photography

Release date

December 31, 1922

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Drama

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