Heads... and the Women Who Use Them
About Heads... and the Women Who Use Them
A wife, near a nervous collapse, fears her husband is unfaithful and sends for her sister. The sister, the practical one, builds a plan to save the marriage. French Wikipedia names the other woman as Princess Orazzi.
Cast & crew
More about Heads... and the Women Who Use Them
Jacques Feyder directed this French comedy for Gaumont. The French title is Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête. French Wikipedia times a print at 26 minutes and 25 seconds, from 792 meters. Wikidata lists 37 minutes. The same page, citing a 1998 special issue of the journal 1895, says the story is filmed only in close shots and the characters are never shown in a wide view.
Themes
Background
Feyder, born in Belgium, directed this Gaumont short in 1916. Encyclopedia.com places his Belgian army service in 1917–19.
Making
Feyder had been assisting Gaston Ravel at Gaumont and was turning out short comedies quickly in 1916.
Look
French Wikipedia, citing the 1998 Feyder issue of 1895, says every shot is a close view and no character is placed in a wide shot.
Music
Silent, with French intertitles.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive. French Wikipedia and Wikidata disagree on length: 26 minutes 25 seconds against 37 minutes.
Notes
- Georgette Faraboni plays Princess Orazzi. Gaston Michel plays the doctor.
- Suzanne Delvé, Kitty Hott, André Roanne, and Françoise Rosay are in the cast.
- Rosay and Feyder married in 1917, the year after this short.
- It is one of Feyder's first films. Encyclopedia.com lists it among his 1916 Gaumont titles.
- The Internet Archive identifier is a truncated form of the French title.
Scenes
- The wife calls in her sister rather than confront the husband alone.
- Princess Orazzi is the woman the household is trying to cut out.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-ttes-de-femmes-femmes-de-tte)
