What a Wife Learned is a 1923 American drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring John Bowers, Milton Sills, Marguerite De La Motte, Evelyn McCoy, Harry Todd, and Aggie Herring.

[1][2][3] As described in a film magazine,[4] Sheila Dorne (De La Motte) fears that marriage would interfere with the literary career that she plans for herself, but nonetheless yields to her love for Jim Russell (Bowers) and weds him.

This work compels her to visit New York City and, although Jim's love for her is undiminished, it becomes evident that he is not happy with the turn things have taken.

Sheila returns home, accompanied by Rudolph Martin (Sills), who has dramatized her play and incidentally fallen in love with her, having become convinced that she no longer cares for her husband.

She is left alone with Jim, whose dam has successfully met the flood test and is happy in his wife's love.