A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A School for Husbands
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by George H. Melford (George Melford)

Cast: Fannie Ward [Lady Betty Manners], Jack Dean [John Manners], Edythe Chapman [Mrs. Manners], Frank Elliott [Sir Harry Lovell], Mabel Van Buren [Mrs. Airlie], James Neill [the automobile salesman], Frank Borzage [Hugh Aslam], Irene Aldwyn [Claire Manners]

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey F. Thew, from a screen story by Stanislaus Stange. Assistant director, Claude Mitchell. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 19 March 1917 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LP10408]. Released 5 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.