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Foolish Wives is a 1922 American erotic silent drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, and others.
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.
Aug 15, 2022 · The earliest passage of “Foolish Wives” in the villa brims with uncomfortable luster. Every splendid angle reveals housekeepers, marble appurtenances, parrots sitting lazily on perches, grand staircases, and finally Stroheim’s Count Karamzin shooting targets by the surf in a bathrobe and monocle.
Jun 27, 2023 · A bogus Russian count, Sergius Karamzin (von Stroheim), and his two “cousins”-cum-mistresses, Olga (Maude George) and Vera Petchnikoff (Mae Busch), set out to seduce rich women and extort money from them.
Foolish Wives is a 1922 American silent erotic drama movie. It was directed by Erich von Stroheim (who also stars) and starring Maude George, Miss DuPont, Mae Busch , Dale Fuller, Rudolph Christians. [1]
Jan 12, 2010 · Directed by Erich von Stroheim. These notes accompany Foolish Wives, which screens on January 13, 14, and 15 in Theater 3. The name Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957) generally provokes one of two reactions: he is considered either a great genius done in by imbecilic studio executives, or a self-immolating martyr to his own inflated ego.
