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Behold My Wife! (1920 film)

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and Elliott Dexter

and Mabel Julienne Scott

'Behold My Wife!' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3672/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Behold My Wife!'] 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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BeholdMyWife1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Behold My Wife!'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17622 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Behold My Wife!']

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, 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




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