Our Wives (film)

Our Wives
Directed byJames Lackaye
Written byAnthony E. Wills
StarringHarry T. Morey
Louise Beaudet
Distributed byVitagraph Studios
Release date
  • September 20, 1913 (1913-09-20)
CountryUnited States
Languagessilent film
English intertitles

Our Wives is a 1913 comedy short silent film directed by James Lackaye for Vitagraph Studios.[1] It premiered on September 20, 1913.[2] The film's story was adapted from Anthony E. Wills's three act play Our Wives (1910). Wills was a playwright and novelist who died young in 1912.[3] Vitagraph Studios purchased the film rights to all of Wills's works in 1913.[4]

Cast

Plot

After his wife leaves him she tries to rekindle their relationship after the man finds success and a new love. [5]

References

  1. ^ Slide, Anthony; Gevinson, Alan (1987). The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company. Scarecrow Press. p. 236. ISBN 9780810820302.
  2. ^ ""Our Wives"". The Moving Picture World. 18 (1): 49. October 4, 1913.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Anthony E. Wills". Variety. 27 (9): 15. August 2, 1912.
  4. ^ "Film Co. Feeling Around; Trying Hard to Be Friendly". Variety. 30 (12): 8. May 23, 1913.
  5. ^ "Our Wives". TCM. Retrieved April 8, 2023.


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