A sophisticated actress explains to a suspicious wife that her husband's alleged affair is merely a calculated ruse to make the wife jealous. She argues that actresses are frequently used as unwitting tools to rekindle fading marital romances.
FAMOUS ACTRESS: My dear, if you knew how often we actresses meet this sort of thing! It is perfectly clear that your husband has been playing a little comedy to make you jealous, to revive your interest in him. It happens to every actress who is moderately pretty and successful. It is one of the old
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