The Woman He Married (1922)
Drama | April 1922
Cast:
Anita Stewart, Darrel Foss , Donald MacDonald [ More ]Director:
Fred NibloWriters:
Bess Meredyth, Herbert BashfordCinematographer:
Dal ClawsonProduction Company:
Anita Stewart ProductionsA 10 September 1921 Motion Picture News item announced that producer Louis B. Mayer had purchased rights to Herbert Bashford’s story, “The Woman He Married,” for actress Anita Stewart. Fred Niblo was brought on to direct, and Josephine Quirk was hired to adapt the script, according to the 8 October 1921 Camera. On 5 November 1921, Camera reported that filming had just begun and credited Bess Meredyth with the script adaptation. Willis Robards was named as a cast member.
Shooting took place at Mayer’s studio on Mission Road in East Los Angeles, CA, and was completed by 10 December 1921, as noted in that day’s Camera. An advertisement in the 15 December 1921 American Cinematographer indicated that Clune Film Laboratories handled the negative. Cutting was completed by mid-March 1922, according to an 18 March 1922 Moving Picture World brief, and theatrical release took place the following month. In Brooklyn, NY, the picture opened at the Mark Strand Theatre on 9 April 1922, as noted in that day’s Standard Union. A review in the 14 April 1922 Variety called The Woman He Married “a mystery melodrama that is in itself an object lesson of what is wrong with the pictures and why the audiences are falling away from the film houses.” Another item in the same issue mentioned rumors that Anita Stewart’s status as a leading lady was slipping. A more favorable review ran in the 22 April 1922 Exhibitors Herald, in which Stewart was praised as having “great charm and ability.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included ...
A 10 September 1921 Motion Picture News item announced that producer Louis B. Mayer had purchased rights to Herbert Bashford’s story, “The Woman He Married,” for actress Anita Stewart. Fred Niblo was brought on to direct, and Josephine Quirk was hired to adapt the script, according to the 8 October 1921 Camera. On 5 November 1921, Camera reported that filming had just begun and credited Bess Meredyth with the script adaptation. Willis Robards was named as a cast member.
Shooting took place at Mayer’s studio on Mission Road in East Los Angeles, CA, and was completed by 10 December 1921, as noted in that day’s Camera. An advertisement in the 15 December 1921 American Cinematographer indicated that Clune Film Laboratories handled the negative. Cutting was completed by mid-March 1922, according to an 18 March 1922 Moving Picture World brief, and theatrical release took place the following month. In Brooklyn, NY, the picture opened at the Mark Strand Theatre on 9 April 1922, as noted in that day’s Standard Union. A review in the 14 April 1922 Variety called The Woman He Married “a mystery melodrama that is in itself an object lesson of what is wrong with the pictures and why the audiences are falling away from the film houses.” Another item in the same issue mentioned rumors that Anita Stewart’s status as a leading lady was slipping. A more favorable review ran in the 22 April 1922 Exhibitors Herald, in which Stewart was praised as having “great charm and ability.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Natalie Lane, an artist's model, marries Roddy Warren, son of a steel magnate, who has been a persistent suitor and idler; but because she is considered an unsuitable match by his family, Roddy is disinherited. The couple are thus forced to give up their luxurious apartment for a cheap furnished room, and Roddy, inexperienced and totally unfitted for any kind of work, tries his hand, unsuccessfully, at writing plays. To help the domestic finances, Natalie, who has previously resisted the advances of Byrne Travers, a famous artist, agrees to pose for him. Roddy is unaware of this arrangement, but the elder Warren learns of Natalie's clandestine visits to the artist and informs his son; they discover Travers murdered in his apartment. Suspicion first rests on Natalie, but Mimi, a French model, jealous of Travers' attentions to Muriel, Roddy's sister, confesses that she shot him. Natalie, learning of Travers' scheming, protects Muriel. Roddy's father is convinced of Natalie's innocence and is reconciled to his son, who acquires a job with a theatrical ...
Natalie Lane, an artist's model, marries Roddy Warren, son of a steel magnate, who has been a persistent suitor and idler; but because she is considered an unsuitable match by his family, Roddy is disinherited. The couple are thus forced to give up their luxurious apartment for a cheap furnished room, and Roddy, inexperienced and totally unfitted for any kind of work, tries his hand, unsuccessfully, at writing plays. To help the domestic finances, Natalie, who has previously resisted the advances of Byrne Travers, a famous artist, agrees to pose for him. Roddy is unaware of this arrangement, but the elder Warren learns of Natalie's clandestine visits to the artist and informs his son; they discover Travers murdered in his apartment. Suspicion first rests on Natalie, but Mimi, a French model, jealous of Travers' attentions to Muriel, Roddy's sister, confesses that she shot him. Natalie, learning of Travers' scheming, protects Muriel. Roddy's father is convinced of Natalie's innocence and is reconciled to his son, who acquires a job with a theatrical agency.
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