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The Woman Gives

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Directed by
  
Roy William Neill

Starring
  
Norma Talmadge

Initial release
  
29 March 1920 (USA)

Story by
  
Owen Johnson

Produced by
  
Joseph Schenck

Cinematography
  
David Abel

Director
  
Roy William Neill

The Woman Gives

Written by
  
Grant Carpenter Waldo Walker

Based on
  
The Woman Gives by Owen Johnson

Production company
  
Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

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.

Cast

  • Norma Talmadge as Inga Sonderson
  • John Halliday as Daniel Garford
  • Edmund Lowe as Robert Milton
  • Lucille Lee Stewart as Mrs. Garford
  • John Smiley as Cornelius
  • Edward Keppler as Bowden
  • Preservation status

    The film is preserved at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, and the Russian Gosfilmofond.

    References

    The Woman Gives Wikipedia