His Jazz Bride

His Jazz Bride
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Directed byHerman C. Raymaker
Written byCharles Logue
Walter Morosco
Based onThe Flapper Wife
by Beatrice Burton
StarringMarie Prevost, Matt Moore
CinematographyDavid Abel
Edited byClarence Kolster
Distributed byWarner Brothers Pictures
Release date
  • January 15, 1926 (1926-01-15)
(Limited release)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

His Jazz Bride is a 1926 American silent drama film released by Warner Brothers Pictures. The movie starred Marie Prevost and Matt Moore.

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[1] Gloria Gregory's extravagance causes marital trouble for her husband Dick. She is influenced by a chum, May Seymour, and both are jazz-crazy, attending liquorish parties and spending lavishly. Alec Seymour accepts a bribe as an inspector and passes an unsafe steamer as being seaworthy. The boat is put into the excursion trade. Gloria is aboard the steamer on a trip attending a midnight drunken party when Dick reaches the vessel and tries to warn the captain and passengers of the danger, but he is ignored. The ship's boilers explode, and the steamer sinks while its reckless passengers continue dancing and drinking. Dick and Gloria are saved, and she promises to reform her flapper ways.

Cast

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Preservation

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It is unknown if a copy of the film survives. Warner Bros. records of the film's negative have a notation, "Junked 12/27/48" (i.e., December 27, 1948). Warner Bros. destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to nitrate film pre-1933 decomposition. Or in February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his pre-December 1949 films to Associated Artists Productions. In 1969, UA donated 16mm prints of some Warner Bros. films from outside the United States. However, a few sources show no surviving copies, which suggests that it is a lost film.[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pardy, George T. (April 17, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: His Jazz Bride", Motion Picture News, 33 (16), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1837, retrieved April 20, 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ His Jazz Bride listed at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers missing films for - 1926 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 23, 2014
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: His Jazz Bride Retrieved October 23, 2014
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