The Woman on the Jury

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The Woman on the Jury
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Bessie Love as Grace Pierce
Directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Written by Mary O'Hara (scenario)
Based onThe Woman on the Jury (play)
by Bernard K. Burns
Starring Sylvia Breamer
Frank Mayo
Lew Cody
Bessie Love
Cinematography James Van Trees
Edited by Leroy Stone
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated First National
Release date
  • April 20, 1924 (1924-04-20)(U.S.)
Running time
7 reels; 7,408 feet [1]
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Woman on the Jury is a lost 1924 American silent drama film produced and released by Associated First National and directed by Harry Hoyt. It is based on a Broadway stage play, The Woman on the Jury, [a] [3] [4] and stars Sylvia Breamer and Bessie Love. The story was refilmed in 1929 as an early talkie under the title The Love Racket starring Dorothy Mackaill. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Plot

In the Adirondacks, notorious philanderer George Montgomery (Cody) is murdered, and his former sweetheart Grace (Love) is put on trial. Betty Brown (Breamer) and her husband Fred Masters (Mayo) both serve on the jury. When the defendant is nearly wrongfully convicted, Betty reveals her own history with the murder victim—that she once had been in love with him and tried to kill him—proves that the defendant is innocent. [1] [8] [9] [10]

Cast

Production

The film was primarily shot at night so that the cast and crew could work on other films during the day. [11]

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews, [10] and Breamer's performance was particularly well-reviewed. [1]

Preservation

With no copies of The Woman on the Jury located in any film archives, [12] it is a lost film.

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Also known as The Jury Woman. [2]
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 "The Woman on the Jury". The Film Daily. Vol. 28, no. 47. May 25, 1924. p. 10.
  2. ↑ Burns, Bernard K. (1923). The Jury Woman: A Play [in] 3 Acts. OCLC   877086376.
  3. ↑ Goble, Alan, ed. (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 64. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
  4. ↑ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow Jr, Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (October 1923). "Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play". Theatre Magazine. Vol. 38, no. 271. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Carl (April 28, 2010). "Progressive Silent Film List: The Woman on the Jury". Silent Era.
  6. ↑ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930 . New York: R.R. Bowker Company. p.  919. ISBN   978-0-520-21521-4. OCLC   664500075.
  7. ↑ "The Woman on the Jury, Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre (8/15/1923 – circa. 10/1923)". Internet Broadway Database .
  8. ↑ "The Shadow Stage". Photoplay. Vol. 26, no. 3. August 1924. p. 51.
  9. ↑ Motion Picture News Booking Guide. New York: Motion Picture News. October 1924. p.  59.
  10. 1 2 Pardy, George T. (May 24, 1924). "Box Office Reviews". Exhibitors Trade Review. p. 52.
  11. ↑ Love, Bessie (May 12, 1966). "Moonlighting for Sundown". The Christian Science Monitor . p. 8.
  12. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Woman on the Jury


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