The Truth About Husbands

1920 US film directed by Kenneth Webb

  • December 1920 (1920-12) (US)[1]
Running time
5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Truth About Husbands is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Anna Lehr, Holmes Herbert, and Elizabeth Garrison. It was released in December 1920.

Plot

Cast

  • Anna Lehr as Janet Preece
  • Holmes Herbert as Dustan Renshaw
  • Elizabeth Garrison as Mrs. Stonehay
  • May McAvoy as Leslie Brownell
  • Richard Gordon as Hugh Murray
  • Ivo Dawson as Lord Randolph
  • Arthur Rankin as Wilfred Brownell
  • Lorraine Frost as Irene Stoney

Controversy

In 1916, there were protests to showing this film by men of Pine City, Minnesota, which was booked at their local cinema, Family Theatre. They viewed it as too controversial.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Truth About Husbands". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Years Ago: Motion picture 'The Truth About Husbands' highly controversial in 1916". June 24, 2016.
  • The Truth About Husbands at IMDb
  • The Truth About Husbands at the TCM Movie Database
  • The Truth About Husbands at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films


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