Watch Your Wife

1926 film

Svend Gade
Charles E. Whittaker

Based on"Watch Your Wife"
by Gösta SegercrantzProduced byVictor NoerdlingerStarring

Virginia Valli
Pat O'Malley
Nat Carr

CinematographyArthur L. Todd

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

April 4, 1926 (1926-04-04)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguages

Silent
English intertitles

Watch Your Wife is a 1926 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Virginia Valli, Pat O'Malley, and Nat Carr.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] James Langham and his wife Claudia are divorced, and Count Alphonse Marsac woos Claudia. James hires Gladys Moon from an agency that advertises "wives for rent," but really provides housekeepers for hire, with working hours being from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. A storm forces Gladys to remain overnight at the James house. Claudia, repenting of the minor squabbles that caused their divorce, shows up the next morning, but flees at the sight of Gladys. James follows her and gets her off a train on which she was about to leave with Marsac. The couple become reconciled.

Cast

Virginia Valli as Claudia Langham
Pat O'Malley as James Langham
Nat Carr as Benjamin Harris
Helen Lee Worthing as Gladys Moon
Albert Conti as Alphonse Marsac
Aggie Herring as Madame Buff
Nora Hayden as Maid
Gary Cooper as Extra

References

^ Langman p. 264
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Watch Your Wife at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (February 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Partners Again", Motion Picture News, 33 (9), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1011, retrieved March 24, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.