Is Matrimony a Failure? is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Walter Woods based upon a play of the same name by Leo Ditrichstein, which itself was an adaptation of the German play Die Tür ins Freie by Oscar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg.Progressive Silent Film List: Is Matrimony a Failure? at silentera.com The film stars T. Roy Barnes, Lila Lee, Lois Wilson, Walter Hiers, ZaSu Pitts, Arthur Hoyt, and Lillian Leighton. The film was released on April 16, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
Cast T. Roy Barnes as Arthur Haviland Lila Lee as Margaret Saxby Lois Wilson as Mabel Hoyt Walter Hiers as Jack Hoyt ZaSu Pitts as Mrs. Wilbur Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Wilbur Lillian Leighton as Martha Saxby Tully Marshall as Amos Saxby Adolphe Menjou as Dudley King Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Pearson Charles Stanton Ogle as Pop Skinner Ethel Wales as Mrs. Skinner Sidney Bracey as Bank President William Gonder as Policeman Lottie Williams as Maid Dan Mason as Silas Spencer William H. Brown as Chef Robert Brower as Marriage License Clerk
Preservation In February of 2021, Is Matrimony a Failure? was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore presumed lost.
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