My Official Wife (1914) Online
The marriage of Marguerite Lenox to a wealthy Russian, and her subsequent widowhood, occasions a trip to Russia by her father, Arthur Bainbridge Lenox. He is a handsome man in the early forties. The noble Weletsky family, into whom his daughter has married, have never seen either Lenox or his wife, but desire Lenox's co-operation in the settlement of his daughter's estates. The summons comes while they are in Paris. A passport for two, man and wife, is secured, But Mrs. Lenox is of delicate health and decides to let her husband take the journey alone. The Nihilist, "Helen Marie," is also preparing a trip to Russia. Of unknown identity, her activities are yet notorious, and the police of Russia are warned. Knowledge of the passport is brought to her by a young Nihilist girl employed in Mrs. Lenox's services. Helene Marie has a just cause against the Russian aristocracy. When hardly more than a child, she saw her family butchered in cold blood. She carries through a ruse whereby Lenox ...
Cast overview: | |||
Clara Kimball Young | - | Helene Marie | |
Harry T. Morey | - | Arthur Bainbridge Lennox | |
Earle Williams | - | Sacha | |
L. Rogers Lytton | - | Baron Friederich (as L. Roger Lytton) | |
Rose Tapley | - | Laura (as Rose E. Tapley) | |
Mary Anderson | - | Marguerite | |
Arthur Cozine | - | Basile Weletsky | |
Eulalie Jensen | - | Eugenie | |
Charles Wellesley | - | Constantine Weletsky | |
Louise Beaudet | - | Olga | |
Helen Connelly | - | Sophie |
Many sources mistakenly claim that Russian Communist icon Leon Trotsky was in this film as an extra. In fact, Trotsky was not yet in the United States when this was filmed. There is an extra who resembles him.