My Husband's Wives Explained

My Husband's Wives
Director:Maurice Elvey
Story:Barbara La Marr
Cinematography:Joseph A. Valentine
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

My Husband's Wives is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey, adapted by Dorothy Yost from a scenario by Barbara La Marr, and starring Shirley Mason, Bryant Washburn, and Evelyn Brent.[1] With no prints of My Husband's Wives located in any no film archives,[2] it is a lost film.[3]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Vale Harvey (Mason) did not care about knowing her husband William's (Washburn) past, so she did not know he had been married before and that Marie Wynn (Brent), an old school chum of hers, had been his wife. She invited Marie to visit her, and the ex-wife immediately began trying to regain William Harvey's affections. The truth finally dawns on Vale and William evicts Marie, who advises Vale to hereafter listen to her future husbands when they start to disclose their pasts.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: My Husband's Wives . September 7, 2011 . silentera.com.
  2. Web site: My Husband's Wives . January 9, 2014 . American Silent Feature Film Survival Database.
  3. Book: Kear, Lynn . Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook . limited . 2009 . 978-0-7864-4363-5 . 142.
  4. Smith . Sumner . My Husband's Wives; Shirley Mason and Bryant Washburn in Fox Picture of Barbara La Marr Story . The Moving Picture World . 71 . 4 . 359–60 . Chalmers Publishing Co. . New York City . 22 November 1924 . 20 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Famous Films & Movie Star Guests The Del's Hollywood Connection . 2022-12-09 . . en-US.