McLEAN'S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1921, Page 1

McLEAN'S PICTURES.

"BEHOLD MY WIFE." To NICI! I Hailed by the critic.- and motion picture public as one of the finest clotures of the current season, Gem ;c Melford’s “llehnld My Wife!” will !• M, Mol.can’s attraction at the Pim cess Theatre to-night. The story wiadapted t’roin Sir Hilbert Parkers no vel of the Canadian North 'West. “ I !i" Translation of a Savage. Ihe tre characters are Ihi aristocratic sun of ail Knglish family and the simple Indian girl whom lie encounters in Canada while he is on business for tie Hudson’s Ray Company. Receiving word from his fiancee back in Kingian.l that she lias broken with him because of his family’s objection to their mu' riage the youth, ill a fit of rage, marries the Indian girl and sends her hack to England as his wifi' to disgrace bi s blue-blooded sires. Then lie proceeds to hit the toboggan in his own wav However dramatic events work a transformation on both the Englishman and his bride and the ending is lumpy

“Behold Mv wife." has been h'mvl .against a background of stniw-vi-ppi I mountain peaks, hle.sk Canadian trading posts and luxurious English < inintiv homes. The net ion is intellect d h v a distinguished east inch din-' Maliel Julienne S'eetl. Ellioti I'.vP-r Alilimi Mills and ton Em rest Fran I 'oit'lnii la ol ed tbe s| nrv to ihe screen Tt is a Paramount Duvall v Masterpiece.