Initial release 29 March 1920 (USA) | Produced by Joseph Schenck | |
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Written by Grant CarpenterWaldo Walker Based on The Woman Givesby Owen Johnson Screenplay Grant Carpenter, Waldo Walker Cast Norma Talmadge, Edmund Lowe, John Halliday, Lucille Lee Stewart, Edward Keppler Similar Something Different, Wall Street, The City, What's Wrong with the Wom, Thank Evans | ||
The Woman Gives is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Norma Talmadge, John Halliday, and Edmund Lowe.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, artist Inga Sonderson (Talmadge) and her betrothed sculptor Robert Milton (Lowe) owe their success to Daniel Garford (Halliday), who is popularly acclaimed a genius. When Daniel discovers that his wife (Stewart) has been unfaithful, he abandons his career and drowns his sorrow in drink. Inga exerts every effort to save him from himself, much to her fiance's strenuous objections. She follows Daniel to an opium den and where he comes to a realization of his error. Robert breaks with Inga over her interest in Daniel. Daniel reclaims his popularity, and it is popularly assumed that he is to marry Inga, at the last minute she surprises everyone and marries Robert.
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Preservation status
The film is preserved at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, and the Russian Gosfilmofond.