Behold My Wife! (1920 film)

Behold My Wife!
Lobby poster
Directed by	George Melford
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	Frank Condon (scenario)
Based on	The Translation of a Savage by Sir Gilbert Parker
Starring	Mabel Julienne Scott Milton Sills
Cinematography	Paul P. Perry
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 10, 1920 (1920-10-10)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Behold My Wife! is a lost^[1] 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Mabel Julienne Scott and Milton Sills in a filmization of Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, The Translation of a Savage. Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distributed.^[2]^[3]

In 1934, the story was filmed again by Paramount as Behold My Wife, directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Sylvia Sidney and Gene Raymond.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Frank Armour (Sills), scion of British aristocracy and of the Hudson's Bay Company, hears from his former sweetheart of her marriage to a rival. In revenge and to ridicule his family, he marries an Indian princess Lali (Scott). Sending her to his family home in England, he then plunges into the Canadian wilderness and into a life of dissolution. Through the kindness of the Armour family and especially through the patience and perseverance of Frank's brother Richard (Dexter), Lili is transformed into a beautiful and charming society woman. Lali's happiness receives a blow when Frank's former sweetheart tells her the reason that he had married her. Lali's loyalty and love for Frank remain steadfast through the years until his redemption and return to the family home to find their boy.

Cast

Mabel Julienne Scott as Lali, Indian girl
Milton Sills as Frank Armour
Winter Hall as General Armour
Elliott Dexter as Richard Armour
Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Armour
Ann Forrest as Marion Armour
Maude Wayne as Julia Haldwell
Fred Huntley as Chief Eye-of-the-Moon (credited as Fred Huntly)
Frank Butler as Captain Vidal (credited as F.R. Butler)
Templar Powell as Lord Haldwell (credited as F. Templer-Powell)
Mark Fenton as Gordon
Jane Wolfe as Mrs. McKenzie

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Behold My Wife!
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Behold My Wife! at silentera.com
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Behold My Wife!
↑ "Reviews: Behold My Wife". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 11 (17): 87. October 23, 1920.

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Films directed by George Melford

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