My Official Wife
by Richard Henry Savageliterary work· published 1891
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My Official Wife is an 1891 novel by Richard Henry Savage, popular in its day, soon after adapted for the stage, and for silent films in 1914 and in 1926, and a German-language film in 1936. Savage wrote the first draft of his first novel in 1890, while recovering in New York after being struck by illness in Honduras. Encouraged by friends who lauded his five-chapter tale of adventure set in contemporary Russia, Savage was inspired to rewrite and expand the story into a novel. First published by Archibald Clavering Gunter's Home Publishing Company in May 1891, it was a quick best-seller, and was translated into multiple languages, but not Russian, as it was reportedly banned in Russia.
Adaptations (2)
My Official Wife has been adapted into 2 films, from 1914 to 1926.
My Official Wife1914 · film · 50 min · dir. James Young · IMDb ↗IMDb6.1A leader in the Russian nihilist movement has an American pretend to be her husband in order to cross the Russian border.
My Official Wife1926 · film · 84 min · dir. Paul L. Stein · IMDb ↗A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women and spectacular settings.
