The Wife of the Centaur

The Wife of the Centaur
Still with John Gilbert and Aileen Pringle
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byDouglas Z. Doty
Based onThe Wife of the Centaur
by Cyril Hume
StarringEleanor Boardman
John Gilbert
Aileen Pringle
CinematographyJohn Arnold
Edited byHugh Wynn
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 1, 1924 (1924-12-01)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Wife of the Centaur is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor,[1] and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shortly after it formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Mayer Pictures in April 1924. Metro had acquired the movie rights to Cyril Hume's debut novel Wife of a Centaur (Doran, 1923) in November.[2] A novelist imagines that he has been reincarnated as a creature from Greek mythology and becomes entangled in a love triangle.[3]

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Wife of the Centaur". silentera.com. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cub Reporter Gets $25,000 For Movie Rights To Novel". The Sun (Baltimore). November 23, 1923. Dateline "New York, Nov. 22 (Special)".   "Movie Facts and Fancies". Boston Daily Globe. December 1, 1923, page 2.
  3. ^ Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 342