| Director | Alfred Santell |
|---|---|
| Producer | Robert Kane |
| Story | Blanche Merrill Paul Schofield |
| Writer | Randolph Bartlett |
| Starring | Ben Lyon Lois Wilson Blanche Sweet |
| Cinematography | Robert Haller |
| Distributor | First National Pictures |
| Released | January 13, 1926 |
| Runtime | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Bluebeard's Seven Wives is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Alfred Santell and starred Ben Lyon, Lois Wilson, and Blanche Sweet.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] John Hart, who works as a teller in a bank, is fired after a shortage is found in his account. He gets a job at a movie studio, where they consider him a "find" and everyone works to make him a star. The publicity department has his name changed to Don Juan Hartez and he is planted on an incoming steamer. As a new screen lover, a press agent scheme is to marry him to seven wives. However, John balks after a few fake marriages and runs off and marries his sweetheart Mary Kelly.
Preservation
With no prints of Bluebeard's Seven Wives located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Bluebeard's Seven Wives at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (9 January 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Bluebeard's Seven Wives", Motion Picture News. 33 (2): 194, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., retrieved 9 January 2023
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bluebeard's Seven Wives
- ^ Bluebeard's Seven Wives at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1926 Archived March 3, 2016 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Bluebeard's Seven Wives at AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Bluebeard's Seven Wives at IMDb
- Lobby cards and advertising material at dorothysebastian.com