The Make-Believe Wife

Not to be confused with Pretend Wife.
The Make-Believe Wife
Still with David Powell and Billie Burke
Directed byJohn S. Robertson
Written byEdward Childs Carpenter (screen story)
Adrian Gil-Spear (scenario)
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringBillie Burke
CinematographyWilliam Marshall
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 17, 1918 (1918-11-17)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Make-Believe Wife is a lost[1] 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and directed by John S. Robertson. Based on an original story for the screen, it was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[2][3]

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Make-Believe Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of the five intertitles "Marian?", "Ethel?", "Daisy?", "Louise, Mabel, Irene," etc., and "Oh, Geraldine", scene of man looking at picture and at woman's underwear and nodding head, and the two intertitles "I give you my word that I don't know who is in that room" and "I thought my past was dead".[4]

References

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Make-Believe Wife
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Make-Believe Wife(Wayback)
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Make-Believe Wife at silentera.com
  4. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (24). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 42. December 7, 1918.


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