''When Husbands Flirt'' is a 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
William A. Wellman
William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He was known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on avi ...
released by
Columbia Pictures
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.
It stars Dorothy Revier.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,
[ ] Violet Gilbert, a young wife, accuses her husband Henry of unfaithfulness when, after he has stayed late at his office, she finds in his car a card case belonging to a woman whom she does not know. The husband is hounded for a considerable time, and then the wife learns that her husband’s partner Wilbur had borrowed his car on the night the trouble started, and that the card case belongs to the gay elder man’s escort, the blonde
Charlotte.
Cast
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Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress.
Early years
Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco on April 18, 1904, Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing fami ...
as Violet Gilbert
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Forrest Stanley as Henry Gilbert
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Tom Ricketts as Wilbur Belcher
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Ethel Wales
Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than 130 films during her 30-year career.
Biography
Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales graduated from "Wisconsin university".
Wales had ...
as Mrs. Wilbur Belcher
*Maude Wayne as Charlotte Germaine
*Frank Weed as Percy Snodgrass
*Erwin Connelly as Joe McCormick
Preservation status
A print of ''When Husbands Flirt'' is preserved at Swedish Film Institute, Cinemateket Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.
The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''When Husbands Flirt''
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References
External links
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Lobby card
at www.gettyimages.com
Films directed by William A. Wellman
1926 comedy films
1926 films
Silent American comedy films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures films
1925 films
American silent feature films
1925 comedy films
1920s American films
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