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My Official Wife (1926 film)
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'My Official Wife' is a 1926 silent film by Austrian director Paul L. Stein, and his first American film. It stars Irene Rich and Conway Tearle. It is an adaptation of the 1891 novel 'My Official Wife' by Richard Henry Savage (which had been filmed once before in 1914 by the Vitagraph Company of America with Clara Kimball Young as the lead), but the storyline was updated to include World War I.
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Reception
Reviews were extremely mixed. 'Film Daily' compiled newspaper review quotes upon the film's release (as it did for many releases), citing the 'New York American' as stating it was "repulsive ... players are badly miscast." The 'Daily News' called it "worth going to see ... well acted, well directed and nicely dressed up bit of screen hokum." The 'Evening World' called it a "matinee picture for unhurried chocolate munchers ... too long and too slow moving," and the 'Morning Telegraph' dubbed it "first rate entertainment ... our interest never for one moment lagged."
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $219,000 domestically and $96,000 foreign.
See also
* 'My Official Wife' (1914 film)
* 'Escapade' (1936 film)
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