Good Night, Paul (1918)

Directed by

Walter Edwards

Genre

silent film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wife pretends to be married to her husband's business partner to trick the partner's uncle out of money. The uncle stays longer than expected so the characters must keep up the lie which leads to funny situations.

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What happens

Good Night, Paul is a 1918 American silent comedy romance film directed by Walter Edwards. It was based on a successful stage play with book and lyrics by Roland Oliver and Charles Dickson and music by Harry B. Olsen. The film was produced by Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures Corporation. The film a farce that entails a wife willing to pose as a wife of her husband's business partner as a scheme to hoodwink the business partner's uncle out of money. But the uncle's overextended visit forces schemers to keep up the charade leading to comical situations. This film is extant in a European archive, Filmoteca Española, Madrid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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