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  • Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
  • 60 min | Comedy
Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
60 min | Comedy

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Saxby's silver wedding anniversary is interrupted by the surprise elopement of their daughter Margaret with bank clerk Arthur Haviland. Law student Dudley King, and rival suitor for Margaret, announces that the ...See moreMr. and Mrs. Amos Saxby's silver wedding anniversary is interrupted by the surprise elopement of their daughter Margaret with bank clerk Arthur Haviland. Law student Dudley King, and rival suitor for Margaret, announces that the marriage-license clerk is on vacation and that the license obtained by the elopers is invalid; he wires the proprietor of the lodge where the couple plan to spend their honeymoon, and Arthur and his wife indignantly return home. Demanding an explanation from the assistant clerk, Arthur learns that all marriages processed in November for the past 30 years are void because the clerk had not then been sworn in, and in consequence many households dissolve. But the husbands do not relish their newly-gained freedom, and when the license clerk returns, he declares all the marriages legal. Arthur rescues his bride just as King is about to carry her off, and the matrimonial routine begins. Written by Pamela Short See less
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Oskar Blumenthal (play) | Leo Ditrichstein (adaptation) | Gustaf Kadelburg (play) | Walter Woods (scenario)
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Updated Apr 16, 1922

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Apr 16, 1922 (United States)
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24 cast members
Name Known for
T. Roy Barnes
Arthur Haviland Arthur Haviland   See fewer
Lila Lee
Margaret Saxby Margaret Saxby   See fewer
Lois Wilson
Mabel Hoyt Mabel Hoyt   See fewer
Walter Hiers
Jack Hoyt Jack Hoyt   See fewer
Zasu Pitts
Mrs. Wilbur Mrs. Wilbur   See fewer
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Wilbur Mr. Wilbur   See fewer
Lillian Leighton
Martha Saxby Martha Saxby   See fewer
Tully Marshall
Amos Saxby Amos Saxby   See fewer
Adolphe Menjou
Dudley King Dudley King   See fewer
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. Pearson Mrs. Pearson   See fewer
Charles Ogle
Pop Skinner Pop Skinner   See fewer
Ethel Wales
Mrs. Skinner Mrs. Skinner   See fewer
Sidney Bracey
Bank President Bank President   See fewer
William Gonder
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Dan Mason
Silas Spencer Silas Spencer   See fewer
William H. Brown
Chef (as W.H. Brown) Chef (as W.H. Brown)   See fewer
Robert Brower
Marriage License Clerk Marriage License Clerk   See fewer
Philippe De Lacy
One of the kids One of the kids   See fewer
Johnny Fox
One of the kids One of the kids   See fewer
Newton Hall
One of the kids One of the kids   See fewer
Otis Harlan
Mr. Pearson Mr. Pearson   See fewer
Mary Jane Irving
One of the kids One of the kids   See fewer
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