''My Neighbor's Wife'' is a surviving 1925 American
silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart (June 9, 1867 – May 13, 1935) was an American film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1915 and 1936. He was sometimes credited as C.H. Geldart or Charles H. Geldart.
He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and died i ...
and starring
E. K. Lincoln
Edward Kline Lincoln (August 8, 1884 - January 9, 1958) was an American silent film actor and director. Lincoln appeared in over 65 silent films and was best known for movies like '' For the Freedom of the World'' (1917), '' The Light in the D ...
,
Helen Ferguson
Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist.
Biography
Born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson wa ...
and
Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...
. It was released on a State's Rights by Davis Distributing Division.
Cast
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E. K. Lincoln
Edward Kline Lincoln (August 8, 1884 - January 9, 1958) was an American silent film actor and director. Lincoln appeared in over 65 silent films and was best known for movies like '' For the Freedom of the World'' (1917), '' The Light in the D ...
as Jack Newberry
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Helen Ferguson
Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist.
Biography
Born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson wa ...
as Florence Keaton
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Edwards Davis
Cader Edwards Davis (June 17, 1873 – May 16, 1936) was an American actor, producer, and playwright of vaudeville and the silent film era, known as a character actor. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was an ordained Christian m ...
as Mr. Keaton
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Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...
as Allen Allwright
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William Russell as Eric von Greed, film director
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William Bailey as Greed's assistant
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Chester Conklin
Chester Cooper Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Ma ...
as Cameraman
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Tom Santschi
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
as Inventor
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Mildred Harris
Mildred Harris (April 18, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. Harris began her career in the film industry as a child actress when she was 10 years old. She was a ...
as Inventor's Wife
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Douglas Gerrard
Douglas Gerrard (12 August 1891 – 5 June 1950) was an Irish-American actor and film director of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1913 and 1949. He also directed 23 films between 1916 and 1920. He ...
as Bertie
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Margaret Loomis
Margaret Loomis (1893–1969) was an American film actress of the silent era.Goble p.239
Loomis was an only child.
In addition to her acting, Loomis was a Denishawn dancer. She toured the United States as a member of the Denishawn School's in ...
as Kathlyn Jordan
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Ralph Faulkner
Ralph Faulkner (July 20, 1891 – January 28, 1987) was an American fencer and film actor. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Post-college career
After graduating from college Faulkner became a forest ranger. ...
as William Jordan
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Philippe De Lacy
Philippe De Lacy (July 25, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was a French-American silent film era child actor who became a film producer, director, and cinematographer in adulthood.
Early life
Born during World War I, the already fatherless Philippe los ...
as William Jordan Jr.
Preservation status
*The film is preserved at Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal.
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..My Neighbor's Wife''
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1925 films
American silent feature films
Films based on short fiction
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
1925 comedy films
Films about filmmaking
Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood
1920s American films
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