Wife Savers is a lost[1][2] 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Ralph Ceder and written by Thomas J. Geraghty, Grover Jones, George Marion Jr. and Arthur Wimperis. The film stars Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, ZaSu Pitts, Sally Blane, Tom Kennedy and Ford Sterling. The film was released on January 7, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.[3][4]
| Wife Savers | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Ceder |
| Screenplay by | Thomas J. Geraghty Grover Jones George Marion Jr. Arthur Wimperis |
| Produced by | James Cruze Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Raymond Hatton ZaSu Pitts Sally Blane Tom Kennedy Ford Sterling |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks H. Kinley Martin |
| Edited by | George Nichols Jr. |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editLouis Hozenozzle and 2d Lieut. Rodney Ramsbottom, two American soldiers, are stationed in Switzerland after World War I. Ramsbottom is in love with Colette, a pretty Swiss girl, and when he receives orders to leave Switzerland he orders Hozenozzle to remain there to protect Colette. General Lavoris, a Swiss, also desires Colette, but she spurns him. Returning home, he has a fake order issued stating that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands. At her request, Hozenozzle marries Colette. Ramsbottom then receives a letter from General Lavoris telling him that he has been doublecrossed, and the lieutenant immediately returns to Switzerland and challenges Hozenozzle to a duel. Colette intercedes, explaining that she married only to save herself from Lavoris. The mayor grants Colette a divorce from Hozenozzle, but all the suitors lose her to a handsome young major. [4]
Cast
edit- Wallace Beery as Louis Hosenozzle
- Raymond Hatton as Rodney Ramsbottom
- ZaSu Pitts as Germaine
- Sally Blane as Colette
- Tom Kennedy as General Lavoris
- Ford Sterling as Tavern Keeper
- George Y. Harvey as The Major
- August Tollaire as The Mayor
References
edit- ^ Wife Savers at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files:lost Paramount films - 1928
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Wife Savers
- ^ "Movie Review - Wife Savers - THE SCREEN; Violent Nonsense. - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Wife Savers". afi.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
External links
edit- Wife Savers at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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