Doctors' Wives

The trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Their troubles begin when the doctor makes a housecall to a seductive woman with designs upon him. His suspicious wife follows him and spies on him. She thinks they are getting romantic when he is actually trying to extricate himself from his predatory patient. She decides to get revenge with his best friend, but nothing happens. The doctor later finds out that she saw him. He then becomes suspicious because it is she who is now seldom home. He confronts his friend about the alleged adultery. The friend becomes distraught and tries to kill himself. The doctor operates to save his friend's life. He then discovers that his wife has been taking nursing classes so she could work beside her husband and see him more often. A dreary filmic contrivance intending to be a study of the difficult life of a doctor's wife. The plot deals with jealousy fed by mistaken ideas and the lack of communication between Baxter, a doctor, and Bennett, his wife. The trouble starts when a woman calls Baxter out on a house call, planning to seduce him. Bennett follows and spies on the pair, seeing what looks like seduction. For revenge, she goes to her husband's best friend. Baxter finds out and subsequently finds his wife often missing. He is positive she is seeing his friend, which bothers the friend so much he attempts suicide. Baxter must then operate on his friend to save his life and learns that Bennett had been secretly taking nursing classes so she could get a job at the hospital and be closer to him.