| ~Old Wives For New~ 1918 |
| ~242-187: Florence Vidor & Elliott Dexter~ |
| ~242-217 Marcia Manon & Elliott Dexter~ |
| ~242-223: Gustav von Seyffertitz & Silvia Ashton~ |
| ~242-230: Elliott Dexter & Florence Vidor~ |
| ~Photoplay Magazine, August 1918~ |
It is extremely difficult to build up a pleasing romance upon a foundation of divorce. Add to the
difficulty the displeasing fact that "Old Wives For New" contains scenes of disgusting debauchery,
and you can appreciate the failure of this elaborate, beautiful and well-acted picture. A man of fine
instincts, whose fat, falls in love with a woman of his own type, and eventually everyone is happy.
There is some power displayed in the telling of the story, but it leaves a nasty taste. The cast is
remarkable - Elliott Dexter, Wanda Hawley, Florence Vidor, Theodore Roberts, Marcia Manon,
Helen Jerome Eddy, Edna Mae Cooper, Gustave Seyffertitz, Tully Marshall, Cecil B. DeMille
directed, and seemed to revel in the most immoral episodes.
difficulty the displeasing fact that "Old Wives For New" contains scenes of disgusting debauchery,
and you can appreciate the failure of this elaborate, beautiful and well-acted picture. A man of fine
instincts, whose fat, falls in love with a woman of his own type, and eventually everyone is happy.
There is some power displayed in the telling of the story, but it leaves a nasty taste. The cast is
remarkable - Elliott Dexter, Wanda Hawley, Florence Vidor, Theodore Roberts, Marcia Manon,
Helen Jerome Eddy, Edna Mae Cooper, Gustave Seyffertitz, Tully Marshall, Cecil B. DeMille
directed, and seemed to revel in the most immoral episodes.
| Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille Written by: Jeanie Macpherson - writer Based on the novel Old Wives for New by David Graham Phillips (New York, 1908). |
| ~Cast~ Elliott Dexter ... Charles Murdock Florence Vidor ... Juliet Raeburn Sylvia Ashton ... Sophy Murdock Wanda Hawley ... Sophy in Prologue Theodore Roberts ... Tom Berkeley Helen Jerome Eddy ... Norma Murdock Marcia Manon ... Viola Hastings Julia Faye ... Jessie J. Parks Jones ... Charley Murdock Edna Mae Cooper ... Bertha Gustav von Seyffertitz ... Melville Bladen Tully Marshall ... Simcox Lillian Leighton ... Maid Mayme Kelso ... Housekeeper Alice Terry ... Saleslady (as Alice Taafe) Noah Beery ... Doctor (uncredited) William Boyd ... Extra (uncredited) Edythe Chapman ... Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited) Raymond Hatton ... Beautician (uncredited) Lloyd Hughes ... Reporter (uncredited) Charles Ogle ... Bit Role (uncredited) Guy Oliver ... Berkeley's Butler (uncredited) Larry Steers ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Madame Sul-Te-Wan ... Viola's Maid (uncredited) |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Artcraft Pictures Corporation Released by: Paramount Pictures Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille Cinematography by: Alvin Wyckoff Film Editing by: Cecil B. DeMille Art Direction: Wilfred Buckland Costume Design: Alpharetta Hoffman Length: 6 Reels Runtime: 60 minutes Released: June 16, 1918 |
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