The Married Virgin
Cast & Crew
Joe Maxwell
Vera Sisson
Rodolfo Di Valentini
Frank Newberg
Kathleen Kirkham
Edward Jobson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mrs. John McMillan is having an affair, unknown to her husband and her stepdaughter Mary, with Count Roberto di San Fraccini. Overhearing a man threaten her husband with exposure for his connection with a murder unless he agrees to pay a huge sum of money, Mrs. McMillan conceives of a scheme with her lover to acquire Mary's dowry. Roberto informs Mary that in return for her hand in marriage, he will save her father from life in prison. Although desperately in love with Douglas, a young engineer, Mary agrees to the sacrifice, entering into a marriage in name only. Roberto continues his affair with Mrs. McMillan until, during an automobile ride, an accident occurs and she is killed. Roberto, fearing that he may be blamed, runs away. Mary then secures an annulment of her marriage to Roberto, thus freeing her to marry Douglas, the man she loves.
Director
Joe Maxwell
Cast
Vera Sisson
Rodolfo Di Valentini
Frank Newberg
Kathleen Kirkham
Edward Jobson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This was the first film made by Maxwell Productions. Originally entitled The Married Virgin and seven reels long, this film was reviewed and announced for release through General Film Co. in late December 1918; it is unclear whether it was in fact released then. Fidelity acquired the film and released it onto the state rights market as a six-reeler in 1920. As late as March 1920 the title was still The Married Virgin.
By the time the earliest reviews appeared in May 1920 the title had been changed to Frivolous Wives, but the film played in Los Angeles as The Married Virgin in August 1920, and both titles appeared simultaneously on Fidelity release charts in 1920 trade journals. The 1918 review of the film lists a character named Anne Mullin, played by Lillian Leighton; the character is not mentioned in the film's 1920 reviews. The actor listed as Rodolfo di Valentini later became known as Rudolph Valentino.
