After six months of marriage--a whole half-year!--a couple decides that they have made a mistake and plans to divorce. Her father, though, has other ideas and hatches a plot to to make them realize that they really do love each other and they should stay married.
Is Husbands for Rent worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but only if you have a high tolerance for the manipulative 'father-knows-best' tropes of the late silent era. This film is for enthusiasts of domestic farce and those who study the evolution of the marriage-and-remarriage genre; it is certainly not for viewe...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Henry Lehrman
F. Martin Thornton
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"Is Husbands for Rent worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but only if you have a high tolerance for the manipulative 'father-knows-best' tropes of the late silent era. This film is for enthusiasts of domestic farce and those who study the evolution of the marriage-and-remarriage genre; it is certainly not for viewers who demand modern emotional logic or female agency in their storytelling.This film works because the central performances by Owen Moore and Helene Costello possess a frantic, ne..."
Helene Costello
C. Graham Baker, Joseph Jackson, Edwin Justus Mayer, Jimmy Starr
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