Why Change Your Wife?
Why Change Your Wife? is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson.
Plot
Frumpy wife Beth devotes herself to bettering her husband's mind and expanding his appreciation for the finer things in life, such as classical music. When he goes shopping at a lingerie store to buy some sexier clothes for her, he meets Sally, the shop girl. Rejected by his wife for a night out on the town, he takes Sally, who douses him with her perfume. When Beth smells another woman's perfume, she kicks him out and files for divorce.
More details
| author | Olga Printzlau Sada Cowan William Churchill deMille |
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| director | Cecil B. DeMille |
| editor | Anne Bauchens |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | acid throwing alimony bad luck banana peel broken heart classical music dress shop foxtrot intertitle lose luxury hotel night out record reject second wife seven years shop throws the vial of acid victrola violin player walk |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | silent |