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Why Change Your Wife?

1920 · 90 min

A frothy silent comedy of manners that charms with its playful battle of the sexes and lavish period style.

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels

Tagline: There's one time when real married life is absorbingly entertaining- It's when Cecil B. DeMille puts it in a picture.
Overview: Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.

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Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
betrayal
gender
class
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	6
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Tension	3
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Complexity	3
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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Written by: Olga Printzlau, Sada Cowan
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff, Sylvia Ashton, Clarence Geldart, Mayme Kelso, Lucien Littlefield
Cinematography: Alvin Wyckoff
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: No Language

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