Watch Your Wife is a 1926 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Virginia Valli, Pat O'Malley, and Nat Carr.[1][2]
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Directed by | Svend Gade |
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Based on | "Watch Your Wife" by Gösta Segercrantz |
Produced by | Victor Noerdlinger |
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Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] James Langham and his wife Claudia are divorced, and Count Alphonse Marsac woos Claudia. James hires Gladys Moon from an agency that advertises "wives for rent," but really provides housekeepers for hire, with working hours being from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. A storm forces Gladys to remain overnight at the James house. Claudia, repenting of the minor squabbles that caused their divorce, shows up the next morning, but flees at the sight of Gladys. James follows her and gets her off a train on which she was about to leave with Marsac. The couple become reconciled.
Cast
edit- Virginia Valli as Claudia Langham
- Pat O'Malley as James Langham
- Nat Carr as Benjamin Harris
- Helen Lee Worthing as Gladys Moon
- Albert Conti as Alphonse Marsac
- Aggie Herring as Madame Buff
- Nora Hayden as Maid
- Gary Cooper as Extra
References
edit- ^ Langman p. 264
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Watch Your Wife at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (February 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Partners Again", Motion Picture News, 33 (9), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1011, retrieved March 24, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
edit- Langman, Larry. Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland, 2000.
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