---
title: 'Idle Wives (1916)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Phillips Smalley'
released: '1916-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/idle-wives-1916'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006846/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Idle Wives (1916)

1916 · United States


## Synopsis

Idle Wives is a 1916 American silent drama film co-directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. The film was released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Surviving reels of the film are preserved at the Library of Congress. The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray in 2018.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Phillips Smalley](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillips-smalley), [Lois Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-weber)
- **Screenplay:** [Phillips Smalley](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillips-smalley), [Lois Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-weber)

## Cast

- [Phillips Smalley](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillips-smalley)
- [Ben F. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-f-wilson)
- [Lois Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-weber)

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