| 词条 | My Official Wife |
| 释义 |
| name = My Official Wife | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:My Official Wife (1892 cover).png | caption = Cover for 1892 English edition | author = Richard Henry Savage | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = | publisher = Home Publishing (United States); Routledge (United Kingdom) | pub_date = May 1891[1] | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover) (231 p.) }} 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 1926, and a German-language film in 1936. BookSavage 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,[2] but not Russian, as it was reportedly banned in Russia.[3][4] Though not every review was so glowing,[5][6] The Times in London notably called it "a wonderful and clever tour de force, in which improbabilities and impossibilities disappear, under an air that is irresistible."[7] Buoyed by the novel's success, Savage began producing more books at a rapid rate, about three a year. In 1913, the Bookman noted that while few Americans may know Pushkin, Chehkov, or Korolenko, "very many Americans have, at some time in their lives, dipped into the pages of Colonel Savage's perfectly trivial story."[8] An 1896 synopsis of the novel: This clever skit is permeated by a Russian atmosphere, in which visions of the secret police, the Nihilists, and social life in St. Petersburg, are blended like the vague fancies of a trouble dream. Many claims were made regarding the basis for the novel's heroine, all of which Savage denied.[4] For example, some papers reported that a Sophie Gunsberg, executed in 1891 in Russia, was the inspiration.[10] Play{{Infobox play| name = My Official Wife | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = Archibald Clavering Gunter, from Savage novel | genre = | setting = | subject = | premiere = 23 January 1893 (Broadway) | place = Standard Theatre | orig_lang = English }} The novel was adapted for the stage by Gunter, and under the management of Frank W. Sanger, first performed in Utica, New York on November 7, 1892.[11][12] After out of town warm-ups,[13] its Broadway debut occurred at the Standard Theatre on January 23, 1893. Minnie Seligman starred as Helene, and her wealthy husband but novice actor Robert L. Cutting, Jr. also played a role. While the overflow crowd at the debut "enjoyed themselves immensely," it was not well-regarded by the critics.[14][15] Cutting's very poor acting was especially noted.[16][17] The play ran on Broadway for about three weeks.[18] In 1896, the New York Times commented that the play "was a pretty bad play, very badly acted except as regards the title role," yet that did not stop Die Officielle Frau, based on the German translation from Hans Olden, from appearing at the Irving Place Theatre.[19] The German play was censored in Vienna, which drew more attention to it when performed in Munich at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.[20] The authors of the 1895 English play The Passport, B. C. Stephenson and William Yardley, also gave credit to the novel for inspiration.[21] 1914 film{{Main|My Official Wife (1914 film)}}Vitagraph Studios issued a 1914 silent film version of the story directed by James Young and starring Clara Kimball Young, Harry T. Morey, and Rose E. Tapley. Out of the Depths (1919 film){{Main|Out of the Depths (1919 film)}}A German film directed by Georg Jacoby, and starring Ellen Richter. 1926 film{{Infobox film| name = My Official Wife | image = File:My Official Wife lobby card.jpg | alt = | caption = Title card | director = Paul L. Stein | producer = | writer = Gunter; Graham Baker (scenario) | starring = Irene Rich, Conway Tearle | music = | cinematography = David Abel | editing = | studio = The Vitaphone Corp. | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (as Warner Brothers Production) | released = {{Film date|1926|10|16|}}[22] | runtime = 7,846 feet[24] | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles | budget = $148,000[23] | gross = $315,000[23] }}My Official Wife was again filmed in 1926, directed by Paul L. Stein (his first American film), and starring Irene Rich[24] and Conway Tearle.[25] The storyline was updated to include World War I.[26][27][28]Film Daily compiled newspaper review quotes upon the film's release (as it did for many releases), citing the New York American as stating it was "repulsive ... players are badly miscast." The Daily News called it "worth going to see ... well acted, well directed and nicely dressed up bit of screen hokum." The Evening World called it a "matinee picture for unhurried chocolate munchers ... too long and too slow moving," and the Morning Telegraph dubbed it "first rate entertainment ... our interest never for one moment lagged."[29] According to Warner Bros records the film earned $219,000 domestically and $96,000 foreign.[23] 1926 film cast
Eskapade (1936 film){{Main|Escapade (1936 film)}}The German language film Eskapade (alternate titles: Seine Offizielle Frau and Gehemagentin Helene) based on the novel was released in 1936, starring Renate Müller, Georg Alexander, and Walter Franck. It was directed by Erich Waschneck.[30] {{Clear}}References1. ^(17 May 1891). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/50448728/ Current Literate], Brooklyn Daily Eagle, col. 2. (noting new publication) 2. ^Vollmer, Clement. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rXNYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false The American Novel in Germany, 1871-1913], p. 26 (1918) (German translation is Meine offizielle Frau, which "became well known and cherished by German readers in the following years.") 3. ^(5 July 1891). Literature, The Morning Call, col. 3 4. ^1 Mathes, George P. (July 1894). [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3hQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false Won Sudden Fame], The Bookseller's Friend, p.15 5. ^(7 September 1891). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/09/07/103333590.pdf New Books (review)], The New York Times (this review ran in September 1891, when the book had been out a few months, and was described as "wild, rough in part, and slangy, but for all that no means wanting in effectiveness .... The dramatic elements in Russia are not wanting; they are overwhelming.") 6. ^(13 July 1891). With the Books, St. Paul Daily Globe, p. 4, col. 6 ("one of the most entertaining of the lighter books of the season ... just the book for hammock weather") 7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=6rIGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA177 Current Opinion, p. 177.] Current Literature Pub. Co, 1891 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=w1ceAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA626#v=onepage&q&f=false About the Continent in One Hundred Novels], The Bookman (August 1913) 9. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=fT8OAAAAIAAJ&pg=263#v=onepage&q&f=false Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 44], pp. 263-64 (1896) 10. ^(18 October 1891). Literature, The Morning Call 11. ^(8 November 1892). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/11/08/104152795.pdf "My Official Wife" In Utica], The New York Times 12. ^Chatterjee, Choi. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2sp6hGeMFwUC&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false The Russian Romance in American Popular Culture 1890-1939], pp. 91-92, in Americans Experience Russia: Encountering the Enigma, 1917 to the Present (2013) 13. ^(8 January 1893). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/01/08/109692997.pdf The Chicago Playhouses], The New York Times (played at the Schiller Theater in Chicago) 14. ^(28 January 1893). My Official Wife (play review), Evening World ("Sossher is played by Mr. Robert L. Cutting, junior -- exceedingly junior ... Manager Sanger, when he goes to the Standard Theatre, should blush with shame.") 15. ^(24 January 1893). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/01/24/106861026.pdf My Official Wife (opening night review)], The New York Times 16. ^Elsmere, Jr., Bob (January 1899)([https://books.google.com/books?id=r63PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA738#v=onepage&q&f=false As to The Cuttings], Broadway Magazine]], Vol. II, no. 10, p. 738 17. ^(24 January 1893). The Plays Last Night (review), New York Press 18. ^(12 February 1893). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/02/12/106813967.pdf The Theatrical Week], The New York Times (reporting a well-attended matinee on February 11, 1893; but The Sportsman debuted on February 14) 19. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/02/108251838.pdf Die Officielle Fraud. A New Season, a New Policy, and Semi-New Play in Irving Place], The New York Times 20. ^(1 September 1896). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kh1LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q&f=false Echoes from The Green Room], The Theatre, p. 172 21. ^(4 May 1895). [https://books.google.com/books?id=S5kwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205#v=onepage&q&f=false Dramatic Family Likenss], Punch, p. 205. 22. ^(23 October 1926). [https://archive.org/stream/motionpic34moti#page/n809/mode/2up/ Stein's Next for Warner's Will be "Matinee Ladies"], Motion Picture News, p. 1582 (nothing release date of October 16, 1926) 23. ^1 2 Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551 24. ^Kobal, John, ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cRDTLQ3ckrcC&pg=PA15&dq=%22 Publicity Shot of Rich for film], in Hollywood Glamor Portraits: 145 Photos of Stars, 1926-1949, p. 15 (1976) 25. ^(7 March 1927). Elmwood - My Official Wife, Buffalo Courier-Express, p. 4, col. 4 26. ^1 (17 October 1926). [https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily3738newy#page/948/mode/2up/ My Official Wife], Film Daily 27. ^Kennedy, Thomas C. (23 October 1926). [https://archive.org/stream/motionpic34moti#page/n821/mode/2up/ My Official Wife: Love and Romance in Imperial Russia], Motion Picture News, p. 1594. 28. ^(12 November 1926). When All Dukes Were Grand One, Greenpoint Weekly Star 29. ^(3 November 1926). [https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily3738newy#page/1111/mode/1up/ Newspaper Opinions], Film Daily 30. ^Goble, Alan (ed.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA409#v=onepage&q&f=false The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film], p. 409 (1999) External links
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