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The matrimaniac / directed by Paul Powell; produced by David Shepard and D.W. Griffith.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--Drama.
- Marriage.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Comedy films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Flicker Alley, 1916.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to 'register' on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. The Matrimaniac (1916), a modern-dress comedy, was directed by Paul Powell; it stars Fairbanks, Constance Talmadge, and Wilbur Higby. Fairbanks and Talmadge are a couple eloping by train. When Fairbanks leaves to find a minister, he is separated from his wife-to-be and spends the rest of the film trying to find and marry her.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 881550830
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