Beware of Bachelors
| Beware of Bachelors | |
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 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Robert Lord |
| Screenplay by | Joseph Jackson |
| Based on |
Beware of Bachelors by "Mark Canfield" (Daryl Zanuck) |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography |
Norbert Brodine Frank Kesson |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Beware of Bachelors (1928) is a part-talkie pre-code comedy drama film produced and released by Warner Bros., and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The movie stars Audrey Ferris, William Collier Jr., Margaret Livingston, Clyde Cook and George Beranger. The film was based on a story, of the same name, by Mark Canfield(an alias for Daryl Zanuck).[1][2]
Plot
A young doctor (William Collier Jr) is accused by his pretty wife (Audrey Ferris) of paying too much attention to one of his woman patients (Margaret Livingston) when she makes a pass at him. Ferris, assuming that her husband is having an affair, decide to have one herself with a perfumer, played by George Beranger. Wife and husband make up but they soon quarrel once again when the jealous wife finds her husband at a cafe with Livingston. Ferris decides to leave her husband and starts going out with Beranger to wild parties. Eventually, Ferris decides that she truly loves Collier and can't live without him. They are reconciled and Ferris returns to her husband.
Cast
- Audrey Ferris as May, the wife
- William Collier Jr. as Ed, the husband
- Clyde Cook as Joe Babbitt
- George Beranger as Claude de Brie
- Dave Morris as Detective
- Margaret Livingston as Miss Pfeffer, the vamp
Preservation status
A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation[3] in Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.[4]
References
Notes
- ↑ Beware of Bachelors at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Beware of Bachelors
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.15 c.1978 the American Film Institute
- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Beware of Bachelors(entry needs updating to show LOC holding)