The Forgotten Woman (1921 film)

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The Forgotten Woman
Directed by Park Frame
Screenplay by Evelyn Campbell
Catherine Carr
Starring Pauline Starke
J. Frank Glendon
Production
company
Pioneer Film Corp.
Release date
  • July 26, 1921 (1921-07-26)(United States)

The Forgotten Woman is a 1921 silent American melodrama film directed by Park Frame and starring Pauline Stark. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A "water waif" named Dixie is adopted by a hateful woman and tricked into marrying the woman's son. After her new husband is arrested on their wedding night, she ends up falling for another man. [4]

Cast

Production

Reportedly, Catherine Carr was visiting the Carolinas when she happened upon a group of Southerners who lived a colorful, bohemian lifestyle along a river. Her trip inspired her to write the script for The Forgotten Woman. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dean, Daisy (November 16, 1921). "News and Notes from Movieland". The Rock Island Argus. Retrieved December 24, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5.
  3. Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated. 1921.
  4. "Pauline Starke in The Forgotten Waif". The News-Pilot. July 19, 1924. Retrieved December 24, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)