''Craig's Wife'' is a 1928 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by William C. deMille and starring Irene Rich, Warner Baxter and Virginia Bradford. It was based on the 1925 play '' Craig's Wife'' by George Kelly. Subsequent film adaptations followed in 1936 as '' Craig's Wife'' and 1950 as '' Harriet Craig''. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Edward C. Jewell.

Cast

* Irene Rich as Mrs. Craig * Warner Baxter as Walter Craig * Virginia Bradford as Ethel *

Carroll Nye Robert Carroll Nye (October 4, 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1944. His most memorable role was Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in ''Gone with the Wind''. Biog ...

as John Fredericks * Lilyan Tashman as Mrs. Passmore * George Irving as Mr. Passmore * Jane Keckley as Miss Austen * Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Frazer *

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 Eliza * Rada Rae as Mary * Mary Emery

Preservation

With no prints of ''Craig's Wife'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by William C. deMille American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Lost American drama films Pathé Exchange films 1928 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films Lost silent American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub