Arizona republican., 1922-06-18
MAN WHO MARRIED
HIS OWN WIFE |SAT
THE STRAND TODAY

"The Man Who Married His Own
Wife" is the startling title of the
equally startling picture which stars
Frank Mayo. and which is the
Strands attraction for the Iinal
screenings today.
Marked by the utmost in vividness
and realism, highly exciting ana
thrilling in the multitude OF thrills IT
discloses, and the very zenith IN US
ualness of theme and plot Ine
Man who Married His Own Wife is
a treat for those who relish the sheer
dramatic production.
Universal threw into the produc-
tion of this triumph the best facln-
ties of their immense studios. Stuart
Patton, the man who directed Con
flict" handled the megaphone. me
Supporting company includes Sylvia
Braemer, Marie Crisp. Francis Nc
Donald, Howard Champion ana
Joseph Girard.
Adapted from the Cosmopolitan
Magazine story, the picture offers
Frank Mayo role perhaps more in
tense in dramatic strength than any
thing he has yet done for the screen,
and at the same time role which
will linger long in the memory OF
everyone who sees the production.
AS John Morton, Frank Mayo ap-
pears as a self-made man who has
risen to the head of the Blue Star
shipping line, one OF the most pros
porous shipping companies on the
Pacific Coast.
1t is during the confusion incident
to a terrible wreck that he rescues
A beautiful woman-a member OF one
of the most important of San Fran
cisco's upper ten. In the hour of
danger, all social barriers are swept
aside, and the mans bravery saves
the woman's life--but the wreck has
left its mark indelibly stamped by the
scars on his face. In the course of
events we find this man and woman
married-but the return to normalcy
in their lives leaves the husband
with the stark realization that his
wife is rapidly drifting away from
him. He worships her, but he is not
weak, and no sooner has he noted the
change in her demeanor than he at
tributes it to his face, and believes
its hideousness responsible. This
belief is strengthened when he notes
his wife more and more in the COM
pany of one Needham-a mental
lightweight. but dashing speci-
men of perfect manhood physically
Then John Morton does the strange
thing. A suicides body is washed
ashore, Morton changes identity-the
world hears the news of Morton's
death-and the great shipper quietly
goes to the other side of the country
Ito his old home near Boston--there
to start life all over again. He even
torgets that he has changed his name
to Morton and resumes his own iden-
tity. He takes advantage of the So
cial education that wealth has now
made possible for him. He likewise
takes advantage of the surgery born
OF the war-and his face is remod-
eled. In time he Is a new man. His
face is perfect, his manners polished
he is the gentleman in every sense
OF the word, and as such returns to
San Francisco. His identity a secret
he meets his wife, and tries to make
love to her-but he is faced with the
undeniable fact that she is desper-
ately in love with the deceased"
John Morton His identity still a
secret he visits the offices of the Blue
Star line and finds the affairs in hor-
rible shape, due to Needham's mis-
management. The pivotal climax
thus wrought is one OF the strangest
yet brought to the motion picture
screen, and just how the story wins
out-and how the man married his
own wife-are established IN pic
ture unique and original-one of the
finest values Frank Mayo has yet
had
The comedy is Lee Moran in Red
Hot Rivals"