How to Educate a Wife

{{short description|1924 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = How to Educate a Wife

| image = How to Educate a Wife lobby card.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Monta Bell

| producer =

| screenplay = Grant Carpenter
Douglas Z. Doty

| story = Elinor Glyn

| starring = Marie Prevost
Monte Blue
Claude Gillingwater
Vera Lewis
Betty Francisco
Creighton Hale

| music =

| cinematography = Charles Van Enger

| editing =

| studio = Warner Bros.

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1924|5|1}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $60,000Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

| gross = $272,000

}}

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How to Educate a Wife is a lost[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HowToEducateAWife1924.html How to Educate a Wife at silentera.com][http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6325/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:How to Educate a Wife] 1924 American comedy film directed by Monta Bell and written by Grant Carpenter and Douglas Z. Doty. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Claude Gillingwater, Vera Lewis, Betty Francisco and Creighton Hale. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 1, 1924.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/495809/how-to-educate-a-wife |title=How To Educate a Wife (1924) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 8, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/how-to-educate-a-wife-v95830 |title=How to Educate a Wife (1924) - Monta Bell |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=December 8, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9843 |title=How to Educate a Wife |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=December 8, 2017}}

==Cast==

• Marie Prevost as Mabel Todd
• Monte Blue as Ernest Todd
• Claude Gillingwater as Henry Bancks
• Vera Lewis as Mrs. Bancks
• Betty Francisco as Betty Breese
• Creighton Hale as Billy Breese
• Edward Earle as Robert Benson
• Nellie Bly Baker as Katinka