Some Bride (1919)
Comedy | 9 June 1919
Director:
Henry OttoWriters:
June Mathis, Luther A. Reed, Anne Duffy, Alice DuffyProduction Company:
Metro Pictures Corp.Editing and titling of the feature was underway as of 25 May 1919, according to that day’s issue of Camera. The 31 May 1919 and 21 June 1919 issues Moving Picture World noted that the scenario was based on the manuscript for a three-act play by Anne and Alice Duffy. Those same articles also recounted a scene in which stars Viola Dana and Irving Cummings celebrate their characters’ wedding with a masquerade ball in a barnyard. The principal characters and approximately 100 background actors dressed as a variety of farm animals, with Dana as the rooster “Chanticleer,” crowing to greet both the sunrise and sunset. The 31 May 1919 issue referred to the film as Some Birds.
Some Bride was released on 9 June 1919, followed by a 23 June 1919 opening at the Regent Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. A review in the Philadelphia Inquirer referred to cast member Billy Mason as “‘Smiling’ Billy Mason.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
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Editing and titling of the feature was underway as of 25 May 1919, according to that day’s issue of Camera. The 31 May 1919 and 21 June 1919 issues Moving Picture World noted that the scenario was based on the manuscript for a three-act play by Anne and Alice Duffy. Those same articles also recounted a scene in which stars Viola Dana and Irving Cummings celebrate their characters’ wedding with a masquerade ball in a barnyard. The principal characters and approximately 100 background actors dressed as a variety of farm animals, with Dana as the rooster “Chanticleer,” crowing to greet both the sunrise and sunset. The 31 May 1919 issue referred to the film as Some Birds.
Some Bride was released on 9 June 1919, followed by a 23 June 1919 opening at the Regent Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. A review in the Philadelphia Inquirer referred to cast member Billy Mason as “‘Smiling’ Billy Mason.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Young bride Patricia Morley's flirtatious ways at a summer resort keep her husband, Henry, in a state of continual anxiety. At an old-fashioned barn dance, Patricia enacts the role of a chicken breaking out of an egg, and Henry's wrath explodes. After accusing her of being in love with another man, Henry returns to New York City and files for divorce. The heartbroken Patricia sends her friend, Victoria French, to tell Henry that she is dying. Meanwhile, the young bride enters a hospital and alarms the staff with her hysterical conduct, although a nurse soon discovers that she is bluffing. Henry arrives at the hospital to find Patricia posing as a nurse to his divorce lawyer, Geoffrey Patten, whose leg is broken. Following a brief fit of temper, Henry returns home with Patricia. He then causes further complications by hiring the hospital nurse as a detective before he is finally cured of his ...
Young bride Patricia Morley's flirtatious ways at a summer resort keep her husband, Henry, in a state of continual anxiety. At an old-fashioned barn dance, Patricia enacts the role of a chicken breaking out of an egg, and Henry's wrath explodes. After accusing her of being in love with another man, Henry returns to New York City and files for divorce. The heartbroken Patricia sends her friend, Victoria French, to tell Henry that she is dying. Meanwhile, the young bride enters a hospital and alarms the staff with her hysterical conduct, although a nurse soon discovers that she is bluffing. Henry arrives at the hospital to find Patricia posing as a nurse to his divorce lawyer, Geoffrey Patten, whose leg is broken. Following a brief fit of temper, Henry returns home with Patricia. He then causes further complications by hiring the hospital nurse as a detective before he is finally cured of his jealousy.
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