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Introduced by Tim Lanza, Vice President and Archivist, Cohen Film CollectionLive music by Sue Harshe
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This silent comedy gem finds Constance Talmadge looking for love in all the wrong places.
The bubbly comedy A Temperamental Wife stars prolific silent film star Constance Talmadge as young Billie Billings. While visiting her fiancé at his office, she catches him cheating with his attractive secretary. Billie cancels the wedding and heads off to a resort in Washington DC, vowing to have nothing to do with men ever again…until she crosses paths with a handsome senator from Idaho.
A testament to the power wielded by some women in Hollywood during the silent era, the film was the first made by the Constance Talmadge Film Company and the second collaboration between Talmadge and the great screenwriter and novelist Anita Loos (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1925). Columbus musician Sue Harshe of Scrawl accompanies the film. (72 mins., 4K DCP)
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IMAGE CAPTIONA Temperamental Wife, courtesy of the Cohen Film Collection.
Preserved by the Library of Congress. A Cohen Film Collection release.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYCardinal Health
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYRohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYGreater Columbus Arts CouncilThe Wexner FamilyNational Endowment for the ArtsOhio Arts CouncilL Brands FoundationThe Columbus FoundationNationwide FoundationInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesVorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYMike and Paige CraneAxium PackagingCampusParcJeni’s Splendid Ice CreamsPresident Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica MeinhardNancy KramerLarry and Donna JamesLisa BartonJohanna DeStefanoJones DayAlex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
A Temperamental Wife
