Bluebeard's Seven Wives Explained

Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Director:Alfred Santell
Producer:Robert Kane
Story:Blanche Merrill
Paul Schofield
Starring:Ben Lyon
Lois Wilson
Blanche Sweet
Cinematography:Robert Haller
Distributor:First National Pictures
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Bluebeard's Seven Wives is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Alfred Santell and starred Ben Lyon, Lois Wilson, and Blanche Sweet.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, John Hart, who works as a teller in a bank, is fired after a shortage is found in his account. He gets a job at a movie studio, where they consider him a "find" and everyone works to make him a star. The publicity department has his name changed to Don Juan Hartez and he is planted on an incoming steamer. As a new screen lover, a press agent scheme is to marry him to seven wives. However, John balks after a few fake marriages and runs off and marries his sweetheart Mary Kelly.

Preservation

With no prints of Bluebeard's Seven Wives located in any film archives,[2] it is a lost film.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BluebeardsSevenWives1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Bluebeard's Seven Wives
  2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3857/ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bluebeard's Seven Wives
  3. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Bluebeard's Seven Wives at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1926