Wife Savers | |
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Directed by | Ralph Ceder |
Produced by |
James Cruze Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Screenplay by |
Thomas J. Geraghty Grover Jones George Marion Jr. Arthur Wimperis |
Starring |
Wallace Beery Raymond Hatton ZaSu Pitts Sally Blane Tom Kennedy Ford Sterling |
Cinematography |
Alfred Gilks H. Kinley Martin |
Edited by | George Nichols Jr. |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Wife Savers is a lost 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Ralph Ceder and written by Thomas J. Geraghty, Grover Jones, George Marion Jr. and Arthur Wimperis. The film stars Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, ZaSu Pitts, Sally Blane, Tom Kennedy and Ford Sterling. The film was released on January 7, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.
Louis Hozenozzle and 2d Lieut. Rodney Ramsbottom, two American soldiers, are stationed in Switzerland after World War I. Ramsbottom is in love with Colette, a pretty Swiss girl, and when he receives orders to leave Switzerland he orders Hozenozzle to remain there to protect Colette. General Lavoris, a Swiss, also desires Colette, but she spurns him. Returning home, he has a fake order issued stating that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands. At her request, Hozenozzle marries Colette. Ramsbottom then receives a letter from General Lavoris telling him that he has been doublecrossed, and the lieutenant immediately returns to Switzerland and challenges Hozenozzle to a duel. Colette intercedes, explaining that she married only to save herself from Lavoris. The mayor grants Colette a divorce from Hozenozzle, but all the suitors lose her to a handsome young major. [4]