Blind Husbands
By sherri snelling caregiving expert october 13 2016.
Blind husbands. Blind husbands sets the tone for much of von stroheim s later work by depicting the dark side of life. Never showing his true preference in the films but displaying a keen knowledge of the interplay between the two was the hallmark of a well realized drama. Directed by erich von stroheim.
Played the leading role in blind husbands 1919 his first independently directed picture. Stroheim s growing obsession with painstaking detail was reflected in the devil s. As an early exemplar of the changing postwar morality it intimated that a woman had the right to seek love outside of an unsatisfying marriage.
This is the same social stratum that the young von stroheim had serviced as an expert equestrian and a resort guide in northern california during the years before world war i and before his arrival in hollywood a venue where he seems to have had particular success with. An austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife. Other articles where blind husbands is discussed.
Despite what she might say this west coast housewife s marriage is on the edge because of her husband s affair blind item website crazy days and crazy nights reported. Blind husbands starring erich von stroheim and francelia billington motion picture magazine march 1920. Universal jewel production de luxe première.
With sam de grasse francelia billington erich von stroheim gibson gowland. Von stroheim himself remained ambiguous on the issue. The story seems somewhat routine now but was considered racy for its day.
A world where individuals constantly struggle against virtue and vice. Blind husbands is the only film in which von stroheim submits members of america s leisure class to artistic analysis. Erich von stroheim based on his story the pinnacle cinematography by.
Although the report kept the identity of the housewife concealed we could eliminate a few suspects by process of elimination first recognizing that the only west coast franchises are the real housewives of orange. Blind husbands is a film in which von stroheim both directed and acted. Here is a photoplay which excels because it is built on the solid foundation of a real idea namely the universal carelessness and inattention of husbands to their wives after in common parlance they have them securely bound by the gold or platinum band of domestic slavery.
It concerns a rather bland american doctor and his neglected wife on vacation in the alps who cross paths with lieutenant erich von steuben von stroheim a military man with an eye for the ladies. Blind husbands die rache der berge blinde ehemänner usa 1919 directed and wrotten by. Sam de grasse francelia billington erich von stroheim fay holderness richard cummings produced by.
Erich von steuben erich von stroheim.
