Borrowed Wives


Borrowed Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. It stars silent performers Vera Reynolds, Rex Lease, and Sam [Hardy (actor)|Sam Hardy]. It was distributed by Tiffany Pictures.

Plot

Peter Foley is a beneficiary of his grandfather, who leaves him $800,000 in his will, on the condition that he gets married. Peter is very interested in getting the money, especially since he has debts, and plans to marry Alice Blake as soon as she arrives from Kansas City. He plans to take her to his Uncle Henry's home before midnight to actually get the inheritance. The uncle needs to see the girl whom Peter is about to marry before he will turn over the money.
Alice's airplane is delayed, though. Parker, Peter's creditor, insists that his own girl friend, Julia, pose as Peter's wife in the meantime. Alice is informed by Joe Blair, a man who is secretly interested in marrying Alice himself, that Peter is actually married to Julia. Alice agrees to marry Joe if this is true. Peter and Julia are pursued by Bull, a motorcycle policeman who loves Julia. Further complications arise at Uncle Henry's, when lawyer Winstead, who is found bound and gagged, agrees to marry them. The uncle, revealed to be posing as a paralytic, is exposed as a villain, but Peter and Alice are ultimately married before the last hour appointed in the will.

Cast

Borrowed Wives is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.