A School for Husbands

A School for Husbands

An old faded newspaper with a small picture of Fannie Ward at the top.

Newspaper advertisement
Directed by George Melford
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Screenplay by Hugh Stanislaus Stange
Harvey F. Thew
Starring Fannie Ward
Jack Dean
Edythe Chapman
Frank Elliott
Mabel Van Buren
James Neill
Cinematography Percy Hilburn
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 5, 1917 (1917-04-05)
Running time
50 minutes
Country United States
Language English

A School for Husbands is a lost[1] 1917 American comedy silent film directed by George Melford and written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Harvey F. Thew. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Edythe Chapman, Frank Elliott, Mabel Van Buren and James Neill. The film was released on April 5, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.[2][3]

Plot

A woman named Betty (Fannie Ward) is simple and plain, her husband finds that boring and doesn't invite her out. She decides she needs to wear nicer clothes to get the attention of her husband. Suddenly she inherits a large amount of money while at the same time her husband loses all his money in a stock market crash. Her husband doesn't realize she is rich so he goes out to California to sell some of their property to raise some final money. She takes a car out to find him but she is accompanied by another man. When her husband sees this he fights with the man, and Betty's husband mistakenly thinks he kills the other man. When the police and the man who was really killed show up at the same time, Betty's husband realizes he has been acting foolishly. Betty decides to forgive him and they decide to try to give their marriage another fresh try.[4]

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