Bluebeard's Seven Wives
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]
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| Directed by | Alfred Santell |
| Written by | Randolph Bartlett |
| Story by | Blanche Merrill Paul Schofield |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Ben Lyon Lois Wilson Blanche Sweet |
| Cinematography | Robert Haller |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
As described in a film magazine review,[2] 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.
Cast edit
- Ben Lyon as John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
- Lois Wilson as Mary Kelly
- Blanche Sweet as Juliet
- Dorothy Sebastian as Gilda La Bray
- Diana Kane as Kathra Granni
- Sam Hardy as Gindelheim
- Dick Bernard as Film Magnate
- Andrew Mack as Film Magnate
- Daniel Pennell as B. C. Duval
- Wilfred Lytell as Paris
- Katherine Ray as Wife
- Ruby Blaine as Wife
- Lucy Fox as Wife
- Muriel Spring[3] as Wife
- Kathleen Martyn as Wife
Preservation edit
With no prints of Bluebeard's Seven Wives located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References edit
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Bluebeard's Seven Wives at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (January 9, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Bluebeard's Seven Wives", Motion Picture News, 33 (2), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 194, retrieved January 9, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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- "1923 Press Photo Actress and Follies Dancer Muriel Spring on Liner SS Majestic". eBay. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- "Harry Cahill". Jazz Age Club. April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- Albuquerque Morning Journal, 12-23-1921 "...protest was made by Miss Muriel Spring, actress, when she was arrested in New York charged with failing to pay duty on jewelry and..."
- Billboard-1921-12-31 "Muriel Spring, moving picture actress, living at the Ambassador Hotel, must appear before United States Commissioner S. M. Hltcbeook on January 3..."
- "'Bluebeard's Seven Wives', lobbycard". Getty Images. 1925. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
Ben Lyon, Katherine Ray, Ruby Blaine, Lucy Fox, Muriel Spring, Kathleen Martyn
- File:Muriel Spring - Dec 1922 HD.jpg
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bluebeard's Seven Wives
- ^ Bluebeard's Seven Wives at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1926 March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Bluebeard's Seven Wives at AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Bluebeard's Seven Wives at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby cards and advertising material at dorothysebastian.com