Style Essentials--Gloria Swanson Finds Fashion in 1920's WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE?

When it comes to the HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM, it all really begins with Gloria Swanson. No one was as associated with style in the early part of the century as Gloria. She was arguably Hollywood's first clothes horse--both on and offscreen--and she became an international star largely because of... Read full article

Changing Styles: Why Change Your Wife? (1920)

The inter-war years were undoubtably tremendous times of change, but the crux of this happened in the years immediately following The Great War, and no one highlighted this better than Cecil B. DeMille. By DeMille’s stylish use of the gorgeous Gloria Swanson in a string of fashionable, and dare we... Read full article

Fun Size Review: Why Change Your Wife? (1920)

Gloria Swanson has a problem. Her husband, Thomas Meighan, has purchased her a negligee! The degenerate! And he listens to fox trot music, if you please! Thomas is soon driven into the waiting arms of Bebe Daniels. Realizing her mistake, Gloria dons designer duds in a bid to win him back. Cecil B. D... Read full article

Why Change Your Wife? (1920) A Silent Film Review

Gloria Swanson is the offending party in this DeMille marital comedy. She is a lovely young prude who moralizes her husband right into the waiting arms of another woman. Only then does Gloria realize that husbands want to live with a wife, not a nun. Armed with this knowledge- and a wild wardrobe- s... Read full article

Why Change Your Wife? (1920)

After a decade of marriage, Robert Gordon (Thomas Meighan) begins to realize that his wife Beth (Gloria Swanson) just isn’t the same woman he married.  She’s dowdy (yes, Gloria Swanson is the dowdy one here), preachy, and is always trying to force her more cultured tastes upon Robert. ... Read full article