Changing Husbands

Changing Husbands

She wanted to swap her arm-chair husband for a fox-trotting sheik, And the complications!

NR 1924 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

A bored rich housewife wants to go on the stage, but her husband won't let her. When she meets a despairing actress who looks exactly like her, she suggests they swap places for a little while, giving the actress a break while the rich husband is out of town. But the rich husband comes back early, causing havoc for the actress, plus the rich housewife is finding herself attracted to the actress's boyfriend.

Directed by Paul Iribe · Written by Howard Higgin

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 10m together

Changing Husbands

Paying the Piper

Both from Paul Iribe.

More from Paul IribeSee all →

Paying the PiperPaying the Piper · 1921
Paying the Piper
10.01921
MovieDrama
Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
The World's ApplauseThe World's Applause · 1923
The World's Applause
9.01923
MovieDrama
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married to Elsa (Williams), the sister of John Elliott (Stone), the producer responsible for Corinne's rise to fame. The young woman's head is turned by the praise she receives and, despite John's warning against Robert, she permits the latter to paint her portrait and pay her a good deal of attention. John himself loves Corinne and believes that wisdom will come to her with time.
The Right to LoveThe Right to Love · 1920
The Right to Love
9.01920
MovieDrama
An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.
The Night ClubThe Night Club · 1925
The Night Club
9.01925
MovieComedy
After having been stood up at his own wedding, a young man vows that he will have nothing more to ever do with women. However, he soon discovers that he has been left a fortune--on condition that he gets married. Deciding that being rich and married would be preferable to being broke and single, he goes in search of a wife, but things don't turn out quite the way he planned.
Forty WinksForty Winks · 1925
Forty Winks
8.01925
MovieComedyDrama
The Butterworth family attorney Gaspar Le Sage, and a suitor for the hand of Eleanor Butterworth, persuades a beautiful adventuress, Annabelle Wu, to help him steal the official plans for the coastal defense of California from Eleanor's brother, Lieutenant Butterworth.
Feet of ClayFeet of Clay · 1924
Feet of Clay
7.01924
MovieFantasyDrama
Kerry Harlan (La Rocque) is unable to work because he was injured in a battle with a shark, so his youthful wife Amy (Reynolds) becomes a fashion model. While she is away from home, Bertha, the wife of his surgeon, is trying to force her attentions on Kerry and is accidentally killed in an attempt to evade her husband. After the scandal Amy is courted by Tony Channing, but she returns to her husband and finds him near death from gas fumes. Because they both attempted to make suicide, their spirits are rejected by "the other side," and learning the truth from Bertha's spirit they fight their way back to life. This film is presumed lost.
The Erl KingThe Erl King · 1931
The Erl King
6.81931
MovieDramaFantasy
A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.
The Road to YesterdayThe Road to Yesterday · 1925
The Road to Yesterday
6.81925
MovieFantasyDrama
Malena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an earlier incarnation when he was a knight and she was a gypsy headed for burning at the stake. This becomes evident when their unconscious minds travel back from a train wreck in the American plains to Elizabethan England.
The Ten CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments · 1923
The Ten Commandments
6.51923
MovieDramaHistory
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
Saturday NightSaturday Night · 1922
Saturday Night
5.91922
MovieRomanceComedy
Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages.

More Like This

Funny GirlFunny Girl · 1968
Funny Girl
7.21968
MovieComedyDrama
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
To Paint or Make LoveTo Paint or Make Love · 2005
To Paint or Make Love
6.32005
MovieDramaComedy
An affluent, middle-aged couple's uneventful lives are forever changed when they move into an isolated house in the country and befriend an odd, younger couple.
Hobson's ChoiceHobson's Choice · 1954
Hobson's Choice
7.41954
MovieComedyDrama
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
The WomenThe Women · 2008
The Women
5.12008
MovieDramaComedy
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
I Love You, ManI Love You, Man · 2009
I Love You, Man
6.62009
MovieComedyRomance
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
Little ManhattanLittle Manhattan · 2005
Little Manhattan
7.22005
MovieComedyRomance
Ten-year-old Gabe Burton is just an average kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walks into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she reveals that she won't be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
Private LifePrivate Life · 2018
Private Life
6.92018
MovieDramaComedy
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.
Father of the BrideFather of the Bride · 1950
Father of the Bride
7.01950
MovieComedyRomance
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest · 1952
The Importance of Being Earnest
7.21952
MovieComedy
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
The Long, Long TrailerThe Long, Long Trailer · 1954
The Long, Long Trailer
7.01954
MovieComedyRomance
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
Carry On HenryCarry On Henry · 1971
Carry On Henry
6.11971
MovieAdventureComedy
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
My Wife is a GangsterMy Wife is a Gangster · 2001
My Wife is a Gangster
5.92001
MovieActionComedy
Eun-jin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister tells Eun-jin that her last dying wish is to see that Eun-jin gets married.
LymelifeLymelife · 2008
Lymelife
6.12008
MovieComedyDrama
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter