Bluebeard's 8th Wife
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife is a 1923
silent
romantic-comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
. It was directed by Sam Wood
and starred Gloria Swanson
. The film is based on a successful 1921 Broadway play, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, which starred Ina Claire
in the Swanson role. The film is currently a lost
film.
uncredited
1923 in film
-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
romantic-comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. It was directed by Sam Wood
Sam Wood
Samuel Grosvenor "Sam" Wood was an American film director, and producer, who was best known for directing such Hollywood hits as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and The Pride of the Yankees...
and starred Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...
. The film is based on a successful 1921 Broadway play, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, which starred Ina Claire
Ina Claire
Ina Claire was an American stage and film actress.-Career:Born Ina Fagan in 1893 in Washington, D.C., Claire began her career appearing in vaudeville...
in the Swanson role. The film is currently a lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
film.
Cast
- Gloria SwansonGloria SwansonGloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...
- Mona deBriac - Huntley GordonHuntley GordonHuntley Gordon was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec.-Profile:Gordon was educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including working in a bank, in a silver mine, contracting, as a commercial traveller, and being a cigarette factory owner before settling on the stage and at one time...
- John Brandon - Charles Greene - Robert
- Liane Salvor - Lucienne
- Paul Weigel - Marquis DeBriac
- Frank Butler - Lord Henry Seville
- Robert AgnewRobert AgnewRobert Agnew , also known as Bobby Agnew, born in Dayton, Kentucky, was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras....
- Albert deMarceau - Irene DaltonIrene DaltonIrene Dalton was an American silent film actress.She came to prominence in motion pictures through her appearances in Christie comedies produced by Charles Christie....
- Alice George - Majel ColemanMajel ColemanMajel Coleman was a movie actressfrom Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of her eleven film credits are silent movie features. The name Majel means wood dove.-Film actress:...
- ? - Thais Valdemar - ?
uncredited
- Julie BishopJulie Bishop (actress)Julie Bishop was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1923 and 1957....
- uncredited (* a child at this time billed under her birth name Jacqueline Wells)
