''His Parisian Wife'' is a
lost 1919 silent film romantic drama produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by
Emile Chautard
Emile or Émile may refer to:
* Émile (novel) (1827), autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
* Emile, Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai
* '' Emile: or, On Education'' (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a treatise o ...
and starred
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Seen by some as an early feminist, she promoted suffrage, which she discussed in interviews, and supported animal rights.
Early life
Born in ...
. The source for this picture was the novel ''The Green Orchard'' by
Andrew Soutar.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,
Martin Wesley (Powell) marries the young French woman Fauvette (Ferguson), but she is out of place in the cold New England setting he provides her. After he begins to suspect her due to the distrust of his puritan relatives, they separate. Fauvette becomes a famous author, but her generosity exceeds her income. She is having difficulties with a money lender when Martin returns to woo her again. They find their love revived in the more genial atmosphere of New York City.
Cast
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Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Seen by some as an early feminist, she promoted suffrage, which she discussed in interviews, and supported animal rights.
Early life
Born in ...
- Fauvette
*
David Powell - Martin Wesley
*
Courtenay Foote
Courtenay Foote (22 November 1878 – 4 May 1925) was an English stage and silent film actor.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Foote attended Oxford, studied engineering in Germany, and worked as a civil engineer in Scotland. Friends who heard ...
- Tony Rye
*
Frank Losee
Frank Losee (June 12, 1856 – November 14, 1937) was an American stage and screen actor. A veteran of the Broadway stage he began in silent films in 1915. Often he played the father of Mary Pickford, Pauline Frederick and Marguerite Clark.
C ...
- Thompson Wesley
*Cora Williams - Mrs. Wesley
*Charles W. Charles - Minister (as Captain Charles
*Louis R. Grisel - Lawyer (as Louis Grizel)
See also
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The Green Orchard
''The Green Orchard'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Harold Weston and starring Gregory Scott, Dora Barton and Ernie Collins.Low p.287 It is based on a novel by Andrew Soutar.
Cast
* Gregory Scott as Martin Wilderspin
* Dora ...
'' (1916)
References
External links
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Danish lobby poster
1919 films
American silent feature films
Lost American romantic drama films
Films based on British novels
Films directed by Emile Chautard
1919 romantic drama films
American black-and-white films
American remakes of British films
1910s American films
Silent American romantic drama films
1919 lost films
1910s English-language films
English-language romantic drama films
Lost silent American films
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