Women Who Give

1924 film

March 3, 1924 (1924-03-03)

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Women Who Give is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. It starred Barbara Bedford, Renee Adoree and Frank Keenan. Based upon the novel Cape Cod Folk by Sarah P. MacLean, it was produced by Louis B. Mayer Productions and distributed by MGM.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] stern Cape Cod businessman Jonathan Swift has high ambitions for his two children. To prevent a match between his son Noah and Becky, the daughter of Captain Bijonah Keeler, he sends aboard ship. Becky, fearing her approaching motherhood, runs away on Captain Joe Cradlebow's vessel. Captain Cradlebow is an unsuccessful suitor for Emily Swift's hand. The fishing fleet returns home in a terrible storm guided by the beacon light of Captain Keeler's blazing home, which he had set on fire. Noah weds Becky while Emily becomes the wife of Captain Cradlebow.

Cast

Barbara Bedford as Emily Swift
Frank Keenan as Jonathan Swift
Renee Adoree as Becky Keeler
Robert Frazer as Captain Joe Cradlebow
Joseph J. Dowling as Captain Bijonah Keeler
Margaret Seddon as Ma Keeler
Joan Standing as Sophia Higginbottom
Victor Potel as Ephraim Doolittle
Eddie Phillips as Noah Swift
William Eugene as Ezra Keeler

Preservation status

A print of Women Who Give survives in the MGM Studio library, Turner.^[3]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Women Who Give
^ Pardy, George T. (March 29, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Women Who Give". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 26. Retrieved October 24, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Women Who Give