Just a Woman is a lost[1] 1918 American silent drama film directed by Julius Steger based on a Broadway play, Just a Woman, by Eugene Walter. The film starred Charlotte Walker, then wife of playwright Walter.[2]
| Just a Woman | |
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| Directed by | Julius Steger |
| Written by | Maitland Merrill (scenario) |
| Based on | Just a Woman by Eugene Walter |
| Produced by | Joseph Schenck |
Production company | S & S Photoplays |
| Distributed by | U.S. Exhibitor's Booking Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film was remade again in 1925 as Just a Woman with Claire Windsor.[3]
Cast
edit- Charlotte Walker as Anna Ward
- Lee Baker as Jim Ward
- Forrest Robinson as Judge Van Brink
- Henry Carvill as John Prentiss
- Edwin Stanley as Fred Howard
- Anna Williams as Mary
- Charles Kraus as Elias fox
- Lorna Volare
- Cornish Beck
- Florence Deshon
- Camilla Dalberg
Reception
editLike many American films of the time, Just a Woman was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 4, the embrace between the husband and woman after the intertitle "I hope to be back soon", and, Reel 6, the intertitle "I want the court to understand" etc.[4]
References
edit- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Just a Woman
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Just a Woman(Wayback)
- ^ Just a Woman as produced on Broadway at the 48th Street Theatre January-May 1916; IBDb.com
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (19). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. May 4, 1918.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Just a Woman (1918 film).
- Just a Woman at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Synopsis at AllMovie
