To Please One Woman
To Please One Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by Lois Weber and starring Claire Windsor. It was distributed by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Lois Weber |
| Produced by | Lois Weber |
| Written by | Marion Orth (story) Lois Weber |
| Starring | Claire Windsor George Hackathorne Edmund Burns |
| Distributed by | Famous Players-Lasky Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
The film is a take on the "vamp" genre by pioneer Lois Weber, just as that genre was waning.
Cast
- Claire Windsor as Alice Granville
- Edith Kessler as Cecilia Granville
- George Hackathorne as Freddy
- Edmund Burns as Dr. John Ransome
- Mona Lisa as Leila
- Howard Gaye as Leila's Husband
- Lee Shumway as Lucien Wainwright (credited as L.C. Shumway)
- Gordon Griffith as Bobby Granville
uncredited
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as (credited as Junior Coghlan)
- Esther Ralston
Preservation status
A print may exist in the Library of Congress collection.[3] The Library of Congress online database shows no listing and may need to be updated if a print does exist.[4]
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References
- Progressive Silent Film List: To Please One Woman at silentera.com
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: To Please One Woman
- Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 185 (directs to p. 193 "Unid Atkinson: No 39") c.1978 by the American Film Institute
- The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: To Please One Woman
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