A School for Husbands

A School for Husbands
A School for Husbands
	Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	George Melford
Screenplay by	Hugh Stanislaus Stange; Harvey F. Thew
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Fannie Ward; Jack Dean; Edythe Chapman; Frank Elliott; Mabel Van Buren; James Neill
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn (French)
Production; company	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 5, 1917;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A School for Husbands is a lost^[1] 1917 American comedy silent film directed by George Melford, written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Edythe Chapman, Frank Elliott, Mabel Van Buren and James Neill. It was released on April 5, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.^[2]^[3]

Plot

A woman named Betty (Fannie Ward) is simple and plain; her husband finds that boring and doesn't invite her out. She decides she needs to wear nicer clothes to get the attention of her husband. Suddenly she inherits a large amount of money while at the same time her husband loses all his money in a stock market crash. Her husband doesn't realize she is rich so he goes out to California to sell some of their property to raise some final money. She takes a car out to find him but she is accompanied by another man. When her husband sees this he fights with the man, and Betty's husband mistakenly thinks he kills the other man. When the police and the man who was really killed show up at the same time, Betty's husband realizes he has been acting foolishly. Betty decides to forgive him and they decide to try to give their marriage another fresh try.^[4]

Cast

Fannie Ward as Lady Betty Manners
Jack Dean as John Manners
Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Manners
Frank Elliott as Sir Harry Lovell
Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Airlie
James Neill as Auto Salesman
Frank Borzage as Hugh Aslam
Irene Aldwyn as Claire Manners

References

^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..A School for Husbands
^ Janiss Garza (2015). "A-School-for-Husbands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "A School for Husbands". AFI. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Janiss Garza (2015). "A-School-for-Husbands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

External links

A School for Husbands at IMDb
synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..A School for Husbands

[2] Janiss Garza (2015). "A-School-for-Husbands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[3] "A School for Husbands". AFI. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[4] Janiss Garza (2015). "A-School-for-Husbands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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