Wanted: A Husband
Encyclopedia
Wanted: A Husband is a 1919
silent
film comedy starring Billie Burke
. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky
and distributed by Paramount
-Artcraft. The film is based on a short story Enter D'Arcy by Samuel Hopkins Adams
. The relatively unknown and forgotten Lawrence C. Windom directed this currently lost film.
1919 in film
The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film comedy starring Billie Burke
Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live...
. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...
and distributed by Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
-Artcraft. The film is based on a short story Enter D'Arcy by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Samuel Hopkins Adams was an American writer, best known for his investigative journalism.-Biography:Adams was born in Dunkirk, New York...
. The relatively unknown and forgotten Lawrence C. Windom directed this currently lost film.
Cast
- Billie BurkeBillie BurkeMary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live...
- Amanda Darcy Cole - James Crane - Jack Remsen
- Margaret Linden - Gloria Green
- Charles Lane - Tom Harmon
- Edward Lester - Paul Wood
- Bradley BarkerBradley BarkerBradley Barker was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 70 films between 1915 and 1928. He also directed seven films between 1929 and 1930. He provided the roar of the MGM lion, Leo...
- Holcomb Lee - Helen Greene - Maude Raynes
- Gypsy O'Brien - Helen Bartlett
- Kid Broad - Andy Dunn
- Mrs. Priestly Morrison - Veronica
- Frank Goldsmith - Hiram
