For Alimony Only

For Alimony Only is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Leatrice Joy, Clive Brook, and Lilyan Tashman.[1]

For Alimony Only
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Directed byWilliam C. deMille
Written byLenore J. Coffee
Produced byJohn C. Flinn
StarringLeatrice Joy
Clive Brook
Lilyan Tashman
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Edited byAdelaide Cannon
Production
company
DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • September 20, 1926 (1926-09-20)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film's sets were by the art director Max Parker while the costumes were designed by Adrian, later known for his work at MGM.

Cast

Production

Leatrice Joy had impulsively cut her hair short in 1926, and Cecil B. DeMille, whom Joy had followed when he set up Producers Distributing Corporation, was publicly angry as it prevented her from portraying traditional feminine roles.[2] The studio developed projects with roles suitable for her “Leatrice Joy bob”,[2] and For Alimony Only was the fourth of five films before she regrew her hair. Despite this, a professional dispute would end the Joy / Demille partnership in 1928.

Preservation

A copy of For Alimony Only is preserved film at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]

References
  1. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 109
  2. Johanna, Schmertz (2013), "The Leatrice Joy Bob: The Clinging Vine and Gender's Cutting Edge", in Dall’Asta, Monica; Duckett, Victoria; Tralli, Lucia (eds.), Researching Women in Silent Cinema: New Findings and Perspectives, University of Bologna, pp. 402–13, ISBN 978-8-8980-1010-3, ISSN 2283-6462
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: For Alimony Only

Bibliography
  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2


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