Josselyn's Wife (1926)
Melodrama | 15 November 1926
Director:
Richard ThorpeWriter:
Agnes ParsonsCinematographers:
Mack Stengler, Milton MooreEditor:
Harold YoungProduction Designer:
Edwin B. WillisProduction Company:
Tiffany Productions, Inc.Pauline Frederick’s casting as “Lillian Josselyn” was announced in the 23 July 1926 Film Daily. The following day’s New York Daily News stated that production on this film adaptation of Kathleen Norris’s 1918 novel was scheduled to begin in August 1926. Principal photography took place in Hollywood, CA, according to a 3 October 1926 Philadelphia Inquirer news brief. The 10 October 1926 San Francisco Examiner stated that, while shooting this picture during the day, Frederick appeared at night in a stage production of Alexandre Bisson’s 1908 play, Madame X; the actress had previously acted in a 1920 film version of Madame X (see entry). On 15 August 1926, an item in the [Washington, D.C.] Evening Star noted that production was “nearing completion.”
Various contemporary sources cited a release date of 15 November 1926. An advertisement in the 22 November 1926 [Asbury Park, NJ] Asbury Park Press claimed that the “first showing anywhere” was set to take place the following night at Asbury Park’s Palace Theatre. Critical reception was mixed. A negative review in the 17 November 1926 Variety compared Norris’s novel to the work of romance novelist Laura Jean Libbey, and stated that its portrayal of “the helpless lady victim of brute men” was “passe technique for stage or screen.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, an incomplete version of this film is extant.
An earlier adaptation of Kathleen Norris's novel was filmed in 1919; also entitled Josselyn's Wife, the 1919 B-B production was directed by Howard Hickman and starred ...
Pauline Frederick’s casting as “Lillian Josselyn” was announced in the 23 July 1926 Film Daily. The following day’s New York Daily News stated that production on this film adaptation of Kathleen Norris’s 1918 novel was scheduled to begin in August 1926. Principal photography took place in Hollywood, CA, according to a 3 October 1926 Philadelphia Inquirer news brief. The 10 October 1926 San Francisco Examiner stated that, while shooting this picture during the day, Frederick appeared at night in a stage production of Alexandre Bisson’s 1908 play, Madame X; the actress had previously acted in a 1920 film version of Madame X (see entry). On 15 August 1926, an item in the [Washington, D.C.] Evening Star noted that production was “nearing completion.”
Various contemporary sources cited a release date of 15 November 1926. An advertisement in the 22 November 1926 [Asbury Park, NJ] Asbury Park Press claimed that the “first showing anywhere” was set to take place the following night at Asbury Park’s Palace Theatre. Critical reception was mixed. A negative review in the 17 November 1926 Variety compared Norris’s novel to the work of romance novelist Laura Jean Libbey, and stated that its portrayal of “the helpless lady victim of brute men” was “passe technique for stage or screen.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, an incomplete version of this film is extant.
An earlier adaptation of Kathleen Norris's novel was filmed in 1919; also entitled Josselyn's Wife, the 1919 B-B production was directed by Howard Hickman and starred Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie (see entry).
After six months of marital bliss, Lillian Josselyn is filled with dread at the return of Pierre Marchand, her former lover, who left her to marry Ellen Latimer. When Pierre and Ellen visit the Josselyn home, Pierre tries to revive his former love; and Ellen, suspecting her husband of having an affair with Flo, a dancer, encourages the attentions of Arthur, a friend of Pierre's. Lillian reluctantly agrees to pose at Pierre's studio for a portrait but leaves when he attempts to force his attentions on her; to keep him from revealing her past, however, she returns to his studio, from which at length she is rescued by her husband. When Pierre is reported murdered, Lillian confesses, thinking she killed him; her husband confesses to the crime at the trial, but the judge discloses an admission of guilt made by Flo just before her ...
After six months of marital bliss, Lillian Josselyn is filled with dread at the return of Pierre Marchand, her former lover, who left her to marry Ellen Latimer. When Pierre and Ellen visit the Josselyn home, Pierre tries to revive his former love; and Ellen, suspecting her husband of having an affair with Flo, a dancer, encourages the attentions of Arthur, a friend of Pierre's. Lillian reluctantly agrees to pose at Pierre's studio for a portrait but leaves when he attempts to force his attentions on her; to keep him from revealing her past, however, she returns to his studio, from which at length she is rescued by her husband. When Pierre is reported murdered, Lillian confesses, thinking she killed him; her husband confesses to the crime at the trial, but the judge discloses an admission of guilt made by Flo just before her death.
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