''Other Women's Husbands'' is a 1926 American

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directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by

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and Jack Wagner. The film stars

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, Marjorie Whiteis, and John Patrick. The film was released by

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on March 17, 1926.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, when Kay, his wife goes away from town on a visit, Dick Lambert consents to attend a party arranged by an old college chum, lawyer Jack Harding. At the party, Dick meets Roxana, a flapper who has made a business of playing with husbands, for whom Dick falls hard. Kay, after learning that her husband's business engagements involve another woman, consents to Jack Harding's attentions. At a masked ball, Kay is mistaken by her husband for Roxana and he makes love to her. Kay starts divorce proceedings at Harding's suggestion. Dick tires of Roxana. The divorce case is a flivver. Dick beats up Jack. Husband and wife learn that they still love each other and are reunited.

Cast

as Dick Lambert *

as Kay Lambert *

as Jack Harding *

as Roxana *Marjorie Whiteis as Roxana's Friend (credited as Marjorie Gay) *John Patrick as Dick's Chum

Preservation

With no prints of ''Other Women's Husbands'' located in any film archives, it is a

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. ''Other Women's Husbands'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Lost Warner Brothers films - 1927''
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References

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* 1926 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films Warner Bros. films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American comedy films 1926 comedy films 1926 lost films English-language comedy films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub