Bluebeard's 8th Wife
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| Bluebeard's 8th Wife | |
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1923 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Charlton Andrews (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Sada Cowan |
| Based on | La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Gloria Swanson |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (alternately Bluebeard's Eighth Wife) is a lost[1] 1923 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the French play La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir which is based on the Bluebeard tales of the 15th century.[2] The play ran on Broadway in 1921 starring Ina Claire in the Swanson role.[3]
Paramount remade the story in 1938 directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert.[4]
Cast
- Gloria Swanson as Mona deBriac
- Huntley Gordon as John Brandon
- Charles Greene as Robert
- Liane Salvor as Lucienne
- Paul Weigel as Marquis DeBriac
- Frank Butler as Lord Henry Seville
- Robert Agnew as Albert deMarceau
- Irene Dalton as Alice George
- Majel Coleman as Unknown role
- Anastasia Georgina Kissel as Unknown role (credited as Thais Valdemar)
- Julie Bishop as Child (credited as Jacqueline Wells)
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