March 29 at 2: "Foolish Wives" (+).
Foolish Wives 65.
His next directorial efforts were the lost film The Devil's Pass Key (1919) and Foolish Wives (1922), in which he also starred.
Studio publicity for Foolish Wives claimed that it was the first film to cost one million dollars.
He quickly established his tenacity as he battled with well-known director Erich von Stroheim over the length of Foolish Wives (1922).
More recently, film critic Ed Gonzalez discussed the film and wrote, "1922's Foolish Wives begins with the perfect iris shot.
Primarily, she is remembered for her role as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim's odious count in Foolish Wives (1922).
His first important film Foolish Wives cost Universal a staggering million dollars.
The studio's young head, Irving Thalberg, was rightly worried that Foolish Wives would never make a profit.
Foolish Wives (1922)