The Foolish Matrons

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The Foolish Matrons
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Wyndham Gittens
Based onThe Foolish Matrons
by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne [1]
Produced byMaurice Tourneur
Starring Hobart Bosworth
Doris May
Mildred Manning
CinematographyKenneth Gordon MacLean
Charles Van Enger
Production
company
Maurice Tourneur Productions
Distributed by Associated Producers
Release date
  • June 19, 1921 (1921-06-19)(USA)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Foolish Matrons is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur and starring Hobart Bosworth, Doris May, and Mildred Manning. [2] It is also known by the alternative title of Is Marriage a Failure?.

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Preserved in the George Eastman House collection. [3]

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