| Don't Change Your Husband | |
| Director: | Cecil B. DeMille Sam Wood (asst. director) |
| Producer: | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Story: | Jeanie MacPherson |
| Starring: | Elliott Dexter Gloria Swanson |
| Studio: | Famous Players-Lasky Artcraft Pictures Corp. |
| Cinematography: | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Editing: | Anne Bauchens |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget: | $73,922.14 |
| Gross: | $292,134.10 |
Don't Change Your Husband is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was the third of six "marriage films" directed by DeMille and the first DeMille film starring Gloria Swanson.[1] [2] [3] A Chinese silent film, Don't Change Your Husband (1929), used the same English title, and a similar plot arc.[4]
Based upon a description in a film magazine,[5] Leila Porter (Swanson) has grown tired of her husband James Denby Porter (Dexter), the glue king, as she is romantic but he is prosaic. Moreover, he is careless of his personal appearance, gets cigar ash in the carpet, and eats green onions before he tries to kiss her. She obtains a divorce and then marries James' friend Schuyler Van Sutphen (Cody), but discovers that Van Sutphen is a real beast. When she later discovers that her ex-husband has changed as a result of the divorce, still loves her, and would be happy to have her back, Leila divorces once again in order to remarry James.
Complete prints of Don't Change Your Husband are held by:
The film was released on DVD by Image Entertainment with The Golden Chance.[8]