His Wife's Husband (1922 American film)

His Wife's Husband
His Wife's Husband
Directed by	Kenneth S. Webb
Written by	Dorothy Farnum ; Kenneth S. Webb
Based on	The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green
Starring	Betty Blythe ; Huntley Gordon ; Arthur Edmund Carewe
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Production; company	Pyramid Pictures
Distributed by	American Releasing Corporation
Release date	May 14, 1922;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated December 24, 2023

His Wife's Husband is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Betty Blythe, Huntley Gordon, and Arthur Edmund Carewe.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1907 novel The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] "Olympia Brewster, a young college-bred woman, becomes a waitress at a mediocre hotel, and then marries a man she does not love to escape this drudgery. Immediately after the ceremony, she realizes his true character and leaves him, fleeing the hotel just as a gunshot is fired downstairs. Through a window she sees her husband prostrate and believes him killed. Later she reads his death notice in a newspaper. Not long thereafter Olympia's uncle dies, leaving her a small fortune. She marries a prosperous young attorney who becomes mayor, and later a candidate for governor. During a political crisis, he hires a secretary that he takes into his home. The secretary gives his name as Steele, though he bares a sterling resemblance to the wastrel Olympia had one married. Steele disarms her suspicions, but, after arranging the betrayal of the mayor to his political opponents, Steele brazenly informs his employer that he is his wife's husband and will have to be so acknowledged, or the mayor will have to withdrawal his candidacy for governor. An aged lady who has become Olympia's guest through unusual circumstances places in Olympia's hands the papers needed to thwart Steele's scheme, a certificate of marriage between Steele and a servant that is now Olympia's housekeeper."

Cast

Betty Blythe as Olympia Brewster
Huntley Gordon as George Packard
Arthur Edmund Carewe as John Brainerd
George Fawcett as Dominick Duffy
Grace Goodall as Bess
Blanche Davenport as Mrs. Althorpe
Rita Maurice as Baby Packard

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References

↑ Munden p. 356
↑ Goble p. 191
↑ "Tried and Proven Pictures: His Wife's Husband". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (13): 41. 16 February 1924. Retrieved 7 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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His Wife's Husband at IMDb

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[1] Munden p. 356

[2] Goble p. 191

[3] "Tried and Proven Pictures: His Wife's Husband". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (13): 41. 16 February 1924. Retrieved 7 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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