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Sep 1, 2022 · FOOLISH WIVES. Directed by Erich von Stroheim • 1922. When Erich von Stroheim directed his first feature, the studio brass at Universal prevailed upon him to change its title from The Pinnacle (a two-dollar word that the ticket-buying public might confuse with pinochle) to Blind Husbands. Von Stroheim was aghast, but the picture proved a ...
Jul 4, 2021 · Foolish Wives is a drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim.It was released in 1922 by Universal Pictures.Synopsis: Monte Carlo, 1920. This is w...
- 141 min
- 5.2K
- Storia del Cinema
Foolish Wives made a heroic effort to live this bunk down, and for the first eight or ten reels it looked as if it would score a triumphant success. But Von Stroheim, like the audience, weakened ...
Jul 30, 2013 · Foolish Wives was also the film that set the template for the studio system’s handling of writer-director-actor Erich von Stroheim (not to mention future martyred auteurs like Orson Welles): The only reason Universal honcho Carl Laemmle and production manager Irving Thalberg couldn’t yank von Stroheim out of the director’s chair two ...
Mar 12, 2023 · foolish-wives-1922 Music-by Sigmund Romberg Producer Carl Laemmle Production Jewel Productions Related-external-id https://web.archive.org ...
Jun 16, 2022 · The silent drama tells the story of a man who adopts the name and title of Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin (Erich von Stroheim) to seduce rich women and ext...
- 141 min
- 24.5K
- Donald P. Borchers
A con artist masquerades a Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.Director: Erich von Stroheim Writers: Erich von Stroheim,...
- 141 min
- 54.2K
- Cult Cinema Classics
