Unguarded Women

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Directed by Alan Crosland
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring Bebe Daniels
Richard Dix
Mary Astor
Cinematography Henry Cronjager
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • June 22, 1924 (1924-06-22)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Unguarded Women is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

The film is about a man who, rather than be with the woman he loves, marries one whose situation he feels responsible for. [3]

Cast

Production

The plot was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post story titled "Face", written by Lucy Stone Terrill. [4]

Preservation

With no copies of Unguarded Women located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Unguarded Women at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Unguarded Women (Wayback)
  3. "Unguarded Women: Playing Colonial". Reading Times. via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg . September 24, 1924. p. 7. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  4. "Unguarded Women Presented by Star Cast". The Independent Record. via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg . November 2, 1924. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Unguarded Women