What's Your Husband Doing?

What's Your Husband Doing?
Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Lloyd Ingraham
Screenplay by	R. Cecil Smith Ella Stuart Carson
Based on	What's Your Husband Doing? by George V. Hobart
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	Douglas MacLean Doris May Walter Hiers William Buckley Norris Johnson Alice Claire Elliott
Cinematography	Charles J. Stumar
Edited by	Harry L. Decker
Production companies	Thomas H. Ince Corporation Artcraft Pictures Corporation Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 25, 1920 (1920-01-25)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

What's Your Husband Doing? is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by R. Cecil Smith based upon the play of the same name by George V. Hobart. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Walter Hiers, William Buckley, Norris Johnson, and Alice Claire Elliott. The film was released on January 25, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine, ^[3] Beatrice Ridley (May), a young wife who possesses a devoted husband, spends her leisure time dreaming up romances about her Robert (Buckley) in which he figures as a gay Lothario and she the much wronged wife. Her suspicions become aroused when Robert receives letters each morning from the Honeysuckle Inn, a roadhouse frequented by sportsmen. These letters Robert quickly conceals with no word of explanation offered. Beatrice suspects the involvement of another woman and consults with attorneys, Widgast and Pidgeon, with a view of obtaining relief. Both of these lawyers are young men with young wives who also suffer torments of jealousy. Mrs. Widgast and Mrs. Pidgeon are on the scent for any possible infidelities on the part of their husbands. All clues lead to the Honeysuckle Inn and when all the characters meet there, there is a general clearing up of complications and ill-founded suspicions.

Cast

• Douglas MacLean as John P. Widgast
• Doris May as Beatrice Ridley
• Walter Hiers as Charley Pidgeon
• William Buckley as Robert Ridley
• Norris Johnson as Helen Widgast
• Alice Claire Elliott as Gwendolyn Pidgeon
• Alice Wilson as Sylvia Pennywise
• Margaret Livingston as Madge Mitchell
• J. P. Lockney as Tyrus Trotman

Survival status

What's Your Husband Doing? is presumed to be a lost film with only a single incomplete reel surviving at the Library of Congress. ^[4]

References

1. "What's Your Husband Doing?". afi.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
2. "What's Your Husband Doing? (1920) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
3. "Reviews: What's Your Husband Doing?". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 9 (27): 119. December 27, 1919.
4. Progressive Silent Film List: What's Your Husband Doing? at silentera.com

External links

• What's Your Husband Doing? at IMDb
• Film still at silenthollywood.com