Plot: Swanson is torn between two men, a World War I soldier and a children's
doctor. She marries the soldier but while he is away at war, her feelings
for the doctor get stronger.
Swanson's second film with De Mille would not be as memorable as Don't
Change Your Husband and it recieved some bad reviews. One device that
De Mille liked to employ in his films were flashbacks in which the characters
were presented in another time reliving the same situations. Some critics
felt that these sequences were hooky and only gave De Mille an excuse to
use elaborate sets and costumes. The critics were probably right but audiences
loved it during the time. In For Better, For Worse, the flashback
was set in Colonial times.
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Swanson and Slyvia Ashton