The Fear Woman
1919 film
- June 8, 1919 (1919-06-08)
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The Fear Woman is a lost[1] 1919 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring Pauline Frederick.[2]
Some of the filming took place in Berkeley, California.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[3] because her father warns her that alcoholism is a trait that has been inherited by the Winthrops over four generations, Helen Winthrop (Frederick) breaks her engagement to Robert Craig (Sills) for fear of bringing children into the world that are predisposed to drunkenness. They separate and Helen visits Stella Scarr (Travers), an old friend. When Stella foolishly deceives her husband Sidney (Northrup), Helen shields her and is disgraced. Percy Farwell (Hiers), newly rich, becomes enamored of her, and his mother (Titus) hires Robert to break up their supposed affair. Helen feigns drunkenness at the betrothal dinner and is able to prove Robert's love for her. They then resume their engagement.
Cast
- Pauline Frederick as Helen Winthrop
- Milton Sills as Robert Craig
- Walter Hiers as Percy Farwell
- Emmett King as Harrison Winthrop
- Harry Northrup as Sidney Scarr (credited as Harry S. Northrup)
- Ernest Pasque as Bruce Terhune
- Beverly Travers as Stella Scarr
- Lydia Yeamans Titus as Mrs. Honorah Farwell
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Fear Woman.
- The Fear Woman at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Seal, John, "The Fear Woman: Made in Berkeley, but where?", Burkeleyside Oct. 25, 2011 (film still)
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