Why Women Love

1925 film by Edwin Carewe

  • October 18, 1925 (1925-10-18)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Why Women Love (also known as Sea Woman) is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. Blanche Sweet starred in the film which was based on the Broadway play The Sea Woman, by Willard Robertson.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] a young woman whose lover is a sea captain is reported lost at sea when fire destroys her father’s ship. In reality, the young woman has been rescued and has undertaken to care for the daughter of her rescuer, who was a lighthouse keeper. After a series of thrilling adventures revolving around the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, the young woman and her lover are reunited.

Cast

  • Blanche Sweet as Molla Hansen
  • Bert Sprotte as Olaf Hansen, Molla's father
  • Robert Frazer as Captain Rodney O'Malley
  • Charles Murray as Josiah 'Jerry' Scott
  • Russell Simpson as Silas Martin, the Lighthouse Keeper
  • Dorothy Sebastian as Pearl, His Daughter
  • Alan Roscoe as Charley Watts
  • Fred Warren as Johnny Hickey
  • Edward Earle as Ira Meers, The Engineer

Production

The film's working title was Barriers Aflame. An alternative title was The Sea Woman. The film was shot on location at Point Lobos in Monterey County, California.[1]

Preservation

With no prints of Why Women Love located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Why Women Love at silentera.com
  2. ^ "New Pictures: Why Women Love", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 2, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Why Women Love
  4. ^ Why Women Love at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1925

External links

  • Why Women Love at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Why Women Love at AllMovie


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