For Wives Only

""SH-HH-H DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!""

1926 1h 0m EN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Dr. Josef Rittenhaus, a popular young society physician of Vienna, at the behest of his friend Waldstein, goes to consider a proposal by Countess von Nessa to donate a site and funds for the erection of a new sanitarium. His wife, Laura, piqued by his apparent indifference, is left in the hands of Carl Tanzer, supposedly the doctor's best friend, whose advances she rejects. Laura contrives to make her husband jealous with a bogus letter, but to no avail; later, escaping from a masher, she meets her husband's friend Fritz Schwerman, from whom she escapes after accepting a luncheon offer. While Laura tries to vamp her husband's other friends at a card game, the countess tries to make love to the doctor. Rittenhaus returns home in disgust and is happily reconciled with his wife.

“"SH-HH-H DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!"”

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Cast

Marie Prevost
Laura Rittenhaus
Victor Varconi
Dr. Rittenhaus
Charles K. Gerrard
Dr. Carl Tanzer
Arthur Hoyt
Dr. Fritz Schwerman
Claude Gillingwater
Professor von Waldstein
Josephine Crowell
Housekeeper
William Courtright
Butler
Dorothy Cumming
Countess von Nessa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Victor Heerman
Writers: Hans Backwitz, Anthony Coldeway, Rudolph Lothar
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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100 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Marie Prevost and Victor Varconi and Charles K. Gerrard carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: ""SH-HH-H DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!"".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0016898 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Victor Heerman directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2100 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Marie Prevost and Victor Varconi and Charles K. Gerrard carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: ""SH-HH-H DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!"".
6IMDB entry: tt0016898 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.