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Don't Change Your Husband (1929)

Don't Change Your Husband poster
Original title
情海重吻
Directed by
Y.C Zai
Genre
silent film
Country
Republic of China
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married woman considers leaving her husband. The story explores the tensions in their relationship. It was adapted from an American silent movie.

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What happens

Don't Change Your Husband, also known as Kisses Once, is a 1929 Chinese drama film directed by Y.C Zai (Xie Yunqing or Xie Yonglan) who also acted in the film. It is likely adapted from the Hollywood movie of the same name. Like most Chinese films from this period, it is a black-and-white silent film with both Chinese and English intertitles. An English re-translation of the original Chinese intertitles is available on YouTube. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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