''You Can't Fool Your Wife'', 1923 - art by Eric Rohman
by Movie World Posters
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''You Can't Fool Your Wife'', 1923 - art by Eric Rohman
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Movie World Posters
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Mixed Media - Photograph
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A vintage movie poster of ''You Can't Fool Your Wife'', a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. This silent-era comedy is known for its humorous exploration of marital misunderstandings and the comedic consequences that arise from deception.
The film tells the story of a married couple, played by Irene Rich and Clive Brook. Irene Rich portrays the wife, who becomes suspicious of her husband's behavior and believes he is being unfaithful. In an attempt to test her husband's loyalty, she adopts a disguise and pretends to be another woman to see if he will remain faithful to her.
One of the central themes of "You Can't Fool Your Wife" is the theme of marital mistrust and the misunderstandings that can occur within a marriage. The film highlights the comedic situations that arise when one spouse tries to test the other's fidelity through deception.
As a silent comedy, the film relies heavily on physical humor and visual gags to convey its humor. The exaggerated expressions and comedic timing of the actors contribute to the film's overall comedic effect.
"You Can't Fool Your Wife" is a product of the silent film era, a time when storytelling relied on visual storytelling, intertitles, and physical comedy. It reflects the comedic sensibilities of its time, with its lighthearted and entertaining approach to marital misunderstandings.
While it may not be as well-known today as some other silent classics, "You Can't Fool Your Wife" is a reminder of the comedy styles that were popular during the silent film era and provides a glimpse into the humorous themes and storytelling techniques of the time.
In summary, "You Can't Fool Your Wife" is a 1923 silent comedy film that explores the theme of marital mistrust and deception in a humorous and entertaining manner. It relies on physical comedy and visual gags to convey its humor and reflects the comedic sensibilities of the silent film era.
About the artist:
Eric Wilhelm Rohman (May 18, 1891, Nyköping, Sweden— Jan. 6, 1949, Stockholm) was a Swedish illustrator and advertising artist.
The crisp and essential style of Rohman is striking in his movie posters. His traits are well outlined and sharp and give life to the characters; he uses few colors and is never too loud, he has a great originality in managing the composition and the construction of space.
The Swedish artist creates movie posters that are caricatured and powerful in the representation, with high graphic settings. He depicts essential backgrounds of cities, apartment interiors, airplanes, bars, or simple backgrounds with geometric patterns. Rohman's posters attract the audience's attention creating curious scenes, geometric and coherent in the narrative but never static. That never gets boring.
He was raised in Helsingborg, where he discovered a passion for drawing and acting after his undergraduate education. To satisfy his newfound craving, he spent years studying under Swedish painter and illustrator Carl Wilhelmson at the Gothenburg Academy of the Arts. He took side work creating advertising illustrations for newspapers to pay his tuition. He also designed and drew several book covers and books.
Rohman had a brother who managed a large chain of theaters, which needed a constant supply of original art for film posters. Rohman then began working for his brother, which launched his career as a poster designer. In 1921 he was the only person in Sweden who worked full-time creating poster illustrations.
However, to fulfill the theater's demand, he had to work quickly. As a result, he designed four or five posters every week. But he was nonetheless generally still able to bring out the essential details of the film and its actors to express the essence of a film's theme.
Search "Rohman" to see more of his art.
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September 19th, 2021
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