'I Do and I Don't,' by Jeanine Basinger Unlike the events of a horror movie or a western or a musical," Basinger observes, "the events of a marriage movie were the events of day-to-day life, and these events and settings were so familiar that they were difficult to think of as interesting story material. Cecil B. DeMille is credited with patenting the sinful-wife model of the silents: "orchids, Javanese dancers, pulsating heat, a wife who wants to make love, a husband who wants to make another business deal ... and a man who represents sexual freedom, with a slight touch of kink thrown ... Read More