Any Woman

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Any Woman
Directed by Henry King
Screenplay byRandolph Bartlett
Jules Furthman
Arthur Somers Roche
Beatrice Van
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Starring Alice Terry
Donald Reed
Margarita Fischer
Lawson Butt
Aggie Herring
James Neill
Henry Kolker
Cinematography Ernest Haller
William Schurr
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 4, 1925 (1925-05-04)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Any Woman is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and written by Randolph Bartlett, Jules Furthman, Arthur Somers Roche and Beatrice Van. The film stars Alice Terry, Donald Reed, Margarita Fischer, Lawson Butt, Aggie Herring, James Neill, and Henry Kolker. The film was released on May 4, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [4] when Ellen Linden returns home, she finds her father ill and without funds. She immediately goes to work for James Rand and Egbert Phillips. She grows friendly with James, which makes Egbert jealous, although both are married men. Tom Galloway, a young friend of her father, loves her, but leaves for Europe. While he is there, she becomes innocently compromised with James, and his wife names her as a co-respondent in a suit for divorce. After the divorce, James proposes but Ellen turns him down. Tom returns, but writes to Ellen that he is sailing to Honolulu and wishes her happiness. She races for the ship and tells him that she is going with him on a honeymoon cruise.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Any Woman located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film. [6]

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References

  1. "Movie Review - Any Woman - THE SCREEN - NYTimes.com". The New York Times . Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  2. "Any Woman". afi.com. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: Any Woman at silentera.com
  4. "New Pictures: Any Woman", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (6): 62, May 2, 1925, retrieved January 25, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Any Woman
  6. "Any Woman at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost 1925 Paramount film - 1925". Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2018.