Bluebeard's 8th Wife
| Bluebeard's 8th Wife | |
|---|---|
| File:Bluebeard's 8th Wife.jpg 1923 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Charlton Andrews (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Sada Cowan |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Gloria Swanson |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (alternately Bluebeard's Eighth Wife) is a lost[1] 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the French play La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir which is based on the Bluebeard tales of the 15th century.[2] The play ran on Broadway in 1921 starring Ina Claire in the Swanson role.[3]
Paramount remade the story in 1938 directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert.[4]
Cast
- Gloria Swanson as Mona deBriac
- Huntley Gordon as John Brandon
- Charles Greene as Robert
- Liane Salvor as Lucienne
- Paul Weigel as Marquis DeBriac
- Frank Butler as Lord Henry Seville
- Robert Agnew as Albert deMarceau
- Irene Dalton as Alice George
- Majel Coleman as Unknown role
- Anastasia Georgina Kissel as Unknown role (credited as Thais Valdemar)
- Julie Bishop as Child (credited as Jacqueline Wells)
References
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Parish, James Robert (1972). The Paramount Pretties. Arlington House. p. 25. ISBN 0-87000-180-9.
- ^ ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection (1981). ATAS-UCLA Television Archives Catalog: Holdings in the Study Collection of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences University of California, Los Angeles, Television Archives. Taylor & Francis US. p. 9. ISBN 0-913178-69-1.
External links
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby poster
- Still at gettyimages.com
- Lobby card and still at Glorious Gloria Swanson
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- 1923 films
- 1920s romantic comedy films
- American films
- American romantic comedy films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Sam Wood
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Lost American films
- Silent film stubs
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