The Foolish Matrons Explained

The Foolish Matrons
Director:	Maurice Tourneur
Producer:	Maurice Tourneur
Based On:	^[1]
Starring:	Hobart Bosworth Doris May Mildred Manning
Cinematography:	Kenneth Gordon MacLean Charles Van Enger
Studio:	Maurice Tourneur Productions
Distributor:	Associated Producers
Runtime:	7 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Foolish Matrons is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur and starring Hobart Bosworth, Doris May, and Mildred Manning.^[2] It is also known by the alternative title of Is Marriage a Failure?.

Preserved in the George Eastman House collection.^[3]

Cast

• Hobart Bosworth as Dr. Ian Fraser
• Doris May as Georgia Wayne
• Mildred Manning as Sheila Hopkins
• Kathleen Kirkham as Annis Grand
• Betty Schade as The Mysterious Woman
• Margaret McWade as Mrs. Eugenia Sheridan
• Charles Meredith as Lafayette Wayne
• Wallace MacDonald as Anthony Sheridan
• Michael Dark as Chester King
• Frankie Lee as Bobby
• Dick Sutherland as Bit Role

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FoolishMatrons1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Foolish Matrons
2. Waldman p. 172
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1118/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Foolish Matrons