Wife Savers Explained

Wife Savers
Director:Ralph Ceder
Producer:James Cruze
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Screenplay:Thomas J. Geraghty
Grover Jones
George Marion Jr.
Arthur Wimperis
Starring:Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
ZaSu Pitts
Sally Blane
Tom Kennedy
Ford Sterling
Cinematography:Alfred Gilks
H. Kinley Martin
Studio:Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Wife Savers is a lost[1] [2] 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Ralph Ceder and written by Thomas J. Geraghty, Grover Jones, George Marion Jr. and Arthur Wimperis. The film stars Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, ZaSu Pitts, Sally Blane, Tom Kennedy and Ford Sterling. The film was released on January 7, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.[3] [4]

Plot

Louis Hozenozzle and 2d Lieut. Rodney Ramsbottom, two American soldiers, are stationed in Switzerland after World War I. Ramsbottom is in love with Colette, a pretty Swiss girl, and when he receives orders to leave Switzerland he orders Hozenozzle to remain there to protect Colette. General Lavoris, a Swiss, also desires Colette, but she spurns him. Returning home, he has a fake order issued stating that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands. At her request, Hozenozzle marries Colette. Ramsbottom then receives a letter from General Lavoris telling him that he has been doublecrossed, and the lieutenant immediately returns to Switzerland and challenges Hozenozzle to a duel. Colette intercedes, explaining that she married only to save herself from Lavoris. The mayor grants Colette a divorce from Hozenozzle, but all the suitors lose her to a handsome young major. [4]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html Wife Savers at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files:lost Paramount films - 1928
  2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10621/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Wife Savers
  3. Web site: Movie Review - Wife Savers - THE SCREEN; Violent Nonsense. - NYTimes.com. nytimes.com. February 11, 2015.
  4. Web site: Wife Savers. afi.com. February 11, 2015.