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  • His Wife's Husband (I) (1922)
  • 60 min | Drama
His Wife's Husband (I) (1922)
60 min | Drama

Olympia Brewster marries John Brainerd to escape a life of drudgery and immediately realizes that he does not love her but only desires her physically. She leaves a suicide note and starts for her uncle's home, pausing only to see a woman ...See moreOlympia Brewster marries John Brainerd to escape a life of drudgery and immediately realizes that he does not love her but only desires her physically. She leaves a suicide note and starts for her uncle's home, pausing only to see a woman shoot at her husband, apparently fatally. Some years later she marries George Packard, a successful lawyer who becomes mayor. A private secretary whom he hires turns out to be Brainerd, who blackmails Packard into rejecting a nomination for governor. But just as he is starting his speech, Olympia finds proof that Brainerd was already married when he married her. Written by AFI See less
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Director
Kenneth S. Webb (as Kenneth Webb)
Writers
Dorothy Farnum (scenario) | Anna Katharine Green (novel "The Mayor's Wife") | Kenneth S. Webb (adaptation) (as Kenneth Webb)
Cinematographer
Harry Stradling Sr. (as Harry Stradling)
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Updated May 14, 1922

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May 14, 1922 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Betty Blythe
Olympia Brewster Olympia Brewster   See fewer
Huntley Gordon
George Packard George Packard   See fewer
Arthur Edmund Carewe
John Brainerd (as Arthur Carewe) John Brainerd (as Arthur Carewe)   See fewer
George Fawcett
Dominick Duffy Dominick Duffy   See fewer
Blanche Davenport
Mrs. Althorpe Mrs. Althorpe   See fewer
Rita Maurice
Baby Packard Baby Packard   See fewer
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