# Don't Marry

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don't_Marry
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don't_Marry.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Marry
> Source revision: 1351414083
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|1928 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Don't Marry
| image          = Don't Marry lobby card.jpg
| caption        = Lobby card
| director       = [James Tinling](/source/James_Tinling) 
| producer       = 
| writer         = [Randall Faye](/source/Randall_Faye) <br> William Kernell
| story          = [Philip Klein](/source/Philip_Klein_(screenwriter)) <br> [Sidney Lanfield](/source/Sidney_Lanfield)
| starring       = [Lois Moran](/source/Lois_Moran) <br> [Neil Hamilton](/source/Neil_Hamilton_(actor)) <br> [Henry Kolker](/source/Henry_Kolker)
| music          = 
| editing        = 
| cinematography = [Joseph H. August](/source/Joseph_H._August)
| studio         = [Fox Film](/source/Fox_Film)
| distributor    = Fox Film
| released       = {{Film date|1928|06|13}}
| runtime        = 60 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         =  
| gross          =
}}
'''''Don't Marry''''' is a 1928 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [James Tinling](/source/James_Tinling) and starring [Lois Moran](/source/Lois_Moran), [Neil Hamilton](/source/Neil_Hamilton_(actor)), and [Henry Kolker](/source/Henry_Kolker).<ref>Solomon p. 309</ref>

==Plot==
A [flapper](/source/flapper) masquerades as her strait-laced cousin to try and impress a potential suitor.

==Cast==
* [Lois Moran](/source/Lois_Moran) as Priscilla Bowen / Betty Bowen  
* [Neil Hamilton](/source/Neil_Hamilton_(actor)) as Henry Willoughby  
* [Henry Kolker](/source/Henry_Kolker) as Gen. Willoughby  
* [Claire McDowell](/source/Claire_McDowell) as Aunt Abigail Bowen  
* Lydia Dickson as Hortense

==Preservation==
The [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) lists ''Don't Marry'' as a [lost film](/source/lost_film).<ref>{{cite web | title =List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29 |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/Lost%20silent.updated_122916.pdf |website=[National Film Preservation Board](/source/National_Film_Preservation_Board), Library of Congress |date=4 April 2025 |access-date=}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Co, 2011.

==External links==
{{commons category|Don't Marry}}
*{{IMDb title|0018845}}
*[https://bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/index/catalog/118/lot/49014/DON-rsquo-T-MARRY-SCENE-STILLS Stills] from juliensauctions.com
*[https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/images/item.htm?id=http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/lilly/VAE0323/VAE0323-000126 Lantern slide] from the Lilly Library, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
*[https://www.cinematerial.com/movies/dont-marry-i18845 Spanish language poster] at www.cinematerial.com
*[https://calisphere.org/item/57b793f8c9104f0c002e83e2219a898b/ Cast in publicity photograph] from Santa Cruz Public Libraries

{{James Tinling}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Don't Marry}}
Category:1928 films
Category:1928 American films
Category:1928 comedy films
Category:1928 lost films
Category:1928 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by James Tinling
Category:Flappers
Category:Fox Film films
Category:Lost American silent comedy films

{{1920s-US-silent-comedy-film-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Don't Marry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Marry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Marry?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.