''Bluebeard's Seven Wives'' is a 1926 American silent

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produced and released by

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. It was directed by Alfred Santell and starred

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, Lois Wilson, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, John Hart, who works as a teller in a bank, is fired after a shortage is found in his account. He gets a job at a movie studio, where they consider him a "find" and everyone works to make him a star. The publicity department has his name changed to Don Juan Hartez and he is planted on an incoming steamer. As a new screen lover, a press agent scheme is to marry him to seven wives. However, John balks after a few fake marriages and runs off and marries his sweetheart Mary Kelly.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Bluebeard's Seven Wives'' located in any film archives, it is a

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.''Bluebeard's Seven Wives'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''First National Pictures 1926''

References

External links

Bluebeard's Seven Wives
at AFI Catalog of Feature Films * *
Lobby cards and advertising material
at dorothysebastian.com 1926 films 1926 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American comedy films Films directed by Alfred Santell First National Pictures films 1926 lost films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub