The World and the Woman

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The World and the Woman
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Directed by Frank Lloyd
Eugene Moore
Written by Philip Lonergan
William C. deMille
Produced by Edwin Thanhouser
Starring Jeanne Eagels
Boyd Marshall
Thomas A. Curran
Edited by Martin G. Cohn
Jack Natteford
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Golden Rooster Plays
Release date
  • November 19, 1916 (1916-11-19)
[1]
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Woman and the World is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Jeanne Eagels as a prostitute who seeks a second chance in the countryside. It was based on the 1914 play Outcast starring Elsie Ferguson. It was remade in 1922 as Outcast , starring Ferguson; in 1928 with Corinne Griffith, also titled Outcast ; and with Bette Davis in 1935 as The Girl from 10th Avenue . [2]

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The film is available on DVD [3] and online. [4]

Cast

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References

  1. "The Woman and the World". thanhouser.org. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  2. Outcast as performed on Broadway beginning November 2, 1914; from the IBDB.com database
  3. The World and the Woman at the silentera.com database
  4. The World and the Woman (1916) (full film)