Borrowed Wives
About Borrowed Wives
Peter Foley will inherit $800,000 if he is married and his Uncle Henry has seen the bride before midnight. He means to marry Alice Blake, flying in from Kansas City, but her plane is late. Creditor G. W. Parker forces his girlfriend Julia Thorpe to pose as Peter's wife. Joe Blair, who wants Alice himself, tells her Peter is already married. Motorcycle cop Bull Morgan, in love with Julia, chases the fake couple out to the uncle's house. The uncle, who has been pretending to be paralyzed, is exposed, and Peter and Alice marry inside the deadline.
Cast & crew
More about Borrowed Wives
Frank R. Strayer directed from a script by Scott Darling. André Barlatier photographed it. Tiffany released the picture on 20 August 1930.
Themes
Background
A pre-Code farce built on a will, a missed train of events, and a stand-in bride. Tiffany was releasing program comedies like this as the studios finished the changeover to sound.
Look
André Barlatier photographed the film.
Preservation
Preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
Notes
- Rex Lease plays Peter, Vera Reynolds plays Alice, Nita Martan plays Julia, and Sam Hardy plays Parker.
- Charles Sellon is Uncle Henry. Paul Hurst is Bull Morgan and Robert Livingston is Joe Blair.
- Lawyer Winstead, played by Harry Todd, is found bound and gagged and then agrees to perform the wedding.
- The Library of Congress holds a print.
Scenes
- Parker makes Julia stand in as Peter's wife when Alice's plane is delayed.
- Uncle Henry, supposedly paralyzed, is caught out as the villain of the house.
Also available
- Internet Archive (Borrowed_Wives_1930)
