Wages for Wives is a lost 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jacqueline Logan, Creighton Hale, Earle Foxe, ZaSu Pitts, Claude Gillingwater, and David Butler. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on December 15, 1925.[1][2][3]
| Wages for Wives | |
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Written by | Kenneth B. Clarke |
| Based on | Chicken Feed; or, Wages for Wives by John Golden |
| Starring | Jacqueline Logan Creighton Hale Earle Foxe ZaSu Pitts Claude Gillingwater David Butler |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 7 reels; 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a review in a film magazine,[4] a new bride persuades her mother and a woman friend to join with her in leaving their husbands until they agree to a fifty-fifty split on their wages. The husbands rebel and decide to keep house for themselves, while the wives go to a big boarding house. Eventually, after the women have almost eaten their hearts out with longing, and a vamp has succeeded in complicating matters, reconciliations occur after the recalcitrant husbands have thoroughly sickened of their attempts to show their independence.
Cast
edit- Jacqueline Logan as Nell Bailey
- Creighton Hale as Danny Kester
- Earle Foxe as Hughie Logan
- ZaSu Pitts as Luella Logan
- Claude Gillingwater as Jim Bailey
- David Butler as Chester Logan
- Margaret Seddon as Annie Bailey
- Margaret Livingston as Carol Bixby
- Dan Mason as Mr. Tevis
- Tom Ricketts as Judge McLean
Preservation
editWith no prints of Wages for Wives located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.
References
edit- ^ "Wages for Wives". afi.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "Wages for Wives". AllMovie. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "Wages for Wives". TCM.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ Sewell, Charles S. (December 5, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Wages for Wives; Amusing Comedy and Pleasing Human Interest in Film Version of John Golden Stage Play". The Moving Picture World. 77 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 481. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Wages for Wives
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