A Woman of the World is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film starring Pola Negri, directed by Mal St. Clair, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | Mal St. Clair |
| Written by | Pierre Collings Morris Ryskind (intertitles) |
| Based on | The Tattooed Countess by Carl Van Vechten |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Pola Negri Holmes Herbert Charles Emmett Mack Chester Conklin Dot Farley |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Countess Natatorini (Negri) seeks to forget a faithless lover by visiting her distant American cousin Sam Poore (Conklin) and his wife Lou (Ward) in their Midwestern home. Richard Granger (Herbert), newly elected district attorney and crusading reformer, shocked when he sees her violating the town social norms he is enforcing by smoking a cigarette in public, finds that he is strongly attracted to her. At a community meeting, the Countess finds that the townspeople are selling the right to talk to a real Countess at a quarter a head, and her annoyance builds when one curious old man offers to donate another quarter if she will show the tattoo mark that is the ineradicable reminder of the faithless foreign lover she wants to forget. Later, Sam seeks to console her and brings her laughter by showing that he has a railroad train tattoo running from his right wrist to his left hand, clear across his chest. After a series of innocent events between the Countess and his assistant Gareth Johns (Mack) arouses his jealousy, Richard denounces her alleged immorality and demands that she be ordered out of town. She avenges the insult with a horsewhip she gets from Lou, but when she draws blood from Richard she forgets all but her love, and we last see the pair in a hack on the way to the train station and the honeymoon, and he offers her the cigarettes he once denounced so strongly.
Cast edit
- Pola Negri as Countess Elenora Natatorini
- Holmes Herbert as Richard Granger
- Charles Emmett Mack as Gareth Johns
- Chester Conklin as Sam Poore
- Blanche Mehaffey as Lennie Porter
- Guy Oliver as Judge Porter
- Lucille Ward as Lou Poore
- Dot Farley as Mrs. Fox
- May Foster as Mrs. Bierbauer
- Dorothea Wolbert as Annie
- Robert Dudley as French-Speaking Party Guest (uncredited)
- Fred Gamble as Townsman (uncredited)
- Anthony Jowitt as Unfaithful Lover (uncredited)
References edit
- ^ A Woman of the World at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, (1971)
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Woman of the World
- ^ Sargent, Epes W. (December 26, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: A Woman of the World; Pola Negri Is Given Strong Comedy Relief in Story of Countess in Small Midwestern Town". The Moving Picture World. 77 (8). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 808. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links edit
- A Woman of the World at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Review with stills at moviessilently.com
- Swedish language lobby poster
- Still at silentfilmstillarchive.com
- Still with the Countess showing her tattoo
- A Woman of the World (1925) on YouTube
- A Woman Of The World is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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