Wedding Bells (1921 film)

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Wedding Bells
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Directed by Chester Withey
Written by Zelda Crosby
Based onWedding Bells
by Edward Salisbury Field
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Starring Constance Talmadge
Harrison Ford
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Production
company
Constance Talmadge Film Company
Distributed by Associated First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1921 (1921-06-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Wedding Bells is a lost [1] 1921 American silent romantic-comedy film directed by Chester Withey and starring Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [3] Rosalie Wayne (Talmadge) meets Reginald Carter (Ford) after he introduces himself while chasing her dog with one of his oxfords, and she marries him in haste. Reggie comes down with the measles following a quarrel over her bobbed hair, not knowing he is ill she leaves for Reno and then Europe. After a year's absence and having secured her divorce, she meets Reggie again and finds him engaged to another. Jealousy arouses her to break up the match, but the wedding is progressing before she devises a means of doing so. Reggie, however, is satisfied and glad to be reunited with his Rosalie despite her sharp tongue and unusual method of winning his love.

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References

  1. American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Wedding Bells
  2. IMDB entry
  3. "Reviews: Wedding Bells". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 12 (25): 67. June 18, 1921.