Just a Woman (1918 film)

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Just a Woman
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Directed byJulius Steger
Written byMaitland Merrill (scenario)
Based onJust a Woman
by Eugene Walter
Produced by Joseph Schenck
Production
company
S & S Photoplays
Distributed byU.S. Exhibitor's Booking Corp.
Release date
  • April 11, 1918 (1918-04-11)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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]

Contents

The film was remade again in 1925 as Just a Woman with Claire Windsor. [3]

Cast

Reception

Like 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]

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References

  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Just a Woman
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Just a Woman(Wayback)
  3. Just a Woman as produced on Broadway at the 48th Street Theatre January-May 1916; IBDb.com
  4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (19). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. May 4, 1918.