title: The Neglected Wife
text: # The Neglected Wife
  
  The Neglected Wife is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ruth Roland as Margaret Warner
  * Roland Bottomley as Horace Kennedy
  * Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy
  * Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardin)
  * Philo McCullough as Frank Norwood
  * Mollie McConnell
  
  ## Episodes
  
  The serial consisted of fifteen two reel episodes, released from May 13 to August 5, 1917:
  
  * The Woman Alone
  * Weakening
  * In the Crucible
  * Beyond Recall
  * Under Suspicion
  * On the Precipice
  * The Message on the Mirror
  * A Relentless Fate
  * Deepening Degradation
  * A Veiled Intrigue
  * A Reckless Indiscretion
  * Embittered Love
  * Revolting Pride
  * Desperation
  * A Sacrifice Supreme
  
  ## Reception
  
  Like many American films of the time, The Neglected Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required these cuts in these three episodes: Episode 11, throwing brick down on man, stealing key from rack, stealing letters, and throwing man into burning house; Episode 12, the intertitle "Or I will have you ejected by complaining that you are what you are -"; and Episode 13, thugs shooting from boat, two holdup scenes, attack on girl and gagging, shooting from window, and the intertitles "We must get the girl - to go back to him", "You have ruined Margaret Warner and the Veiled Woman", and "You will return to Kennedy or -".
  
  