Divorce films were a popular genre in the silent era, they ranged from heavy dramas of loss and the children left behind to empowering tales of freedom. However, there were also plenty of movies in which spouses decided to take a more permanent approach to ending their marriage…
This month will focus on films where a person tries to rid themselves of their partner through nefarious means. Murder? Gaslighting? It’s all on the table! These are sinister waters and anything can happen.
As an appetizer, here are some of the films of this type I have already reviewed:
The Hand of Fate; or, The Mysterious Blonde (1912): A German officer leaves his Roma wife for a conwoman but things are not that easy…
The Bride of Death (1912): Two men battle for the hand of a woman and it all ends in tragedy on her wedding day.
The Other Woman (1906): A woman discovers her husband is having an affair and it’s all guns blazing.
I hope we will have a murderous good time!
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