The Woman Michael Married

The Woman Michael Married is a 1919 American silent society drama film directed by Henry Kolker and produced by and starring Bessie Barriscale. Distribution of the film was through newly formed Robertson-Cole, soon to form into the FBO company.^[1]

The Woman Michael Married
Advertisement The Woman Michael Married from a 1919 issue of Motion Picture News
Directed by	Henry Kolker
Written by	based on novelette, The Woman Michael Married, by Du Vernet Rabell appearing in Ainslee's Magazine, Dec. 1918
Produced by	Bessie Barriscale
Starring	Bessie Barriscale
Cinematography	L. Guy Wilky
Production company	Bessie Barriscale Productions
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole through Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp.
Release date	July 27, 1919 (1919-07-27)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[2] after professional diver Mira Sacky (Barriscale) rescues a child from the incoming tide, Michael Ordsway (Holt), a son of wealth, offers her any reward she might mention. She demands that he marry her. Being a good sport, he does so. Then she offers to leave him for $10,000 and the protection of his name for two years, but he refuses. To quiet talk about them, she lives with him for a while but as a wife in name only. She entertains his guests until one of them insults her, and she leaves. Michael's father (Guise), while strolling on the beach one day, meets Mira and, upon learning her identity, attempts to bring about a reconciliation. Michael refuses and goes abroad. Visiting his sister in Rome two years later he finds Mira a prima donna. Realizing that they love each other, they put aside their differences.

Cast

• Bessie Barriscale as Mira Sacky
• Jack Holt as Michael Ordsway
• Marcia Manon as Doris Steele
• Tom Guise as Ordsway, Sr.
• Charles H. West as Harvey Kirkland
• Bonnie Hill as Leila, Princess Marchesi
• Cameron Coffey as Bobby
• Mary Jane Irving as Girl

Preservation

With no prints of The Woman Michael Married located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3] In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.^[1]