A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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When the Wife’s Away
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: William Demarest

The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

[?] Performance?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 14 September 2023.

References: Sweeney-Coming p. 114.