Conquering the Woman
{{short description|1922 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Conquering the Woman
| image = Conquering the Woman lobby card 1922.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = King Vidor
| producer = King Vidor
| writer = Frank Howard Clark
| based_on = {{basedon|"Kidnapping Coline"|Henry C. Rowland}}
| starring = Florence Vidor
| cinematography = George Barnes
| distributor = Associated Exhibitors
| released = {{film date|1922|12|10}}
| runtime = 6 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
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Conquering the Woman is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ConqueringtheWoman1922.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Conquering the Woman |accessdate=August 12, 2009 |work=silentera.com |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132151/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ConqueringTheWoman1922.html |url-status=dead }} A print of the film exists at the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique in Belgium.{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.545/default.html |title=Conquering the Woman |access-date=January 9, 2014 |work=American Silent Feature Film Survival Database}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Conquering the Woman: Associated Exhibitors Photoplay in Six Parts |journal=Exhibitor's Trade Review |volume=13 |issue=6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorst00newy/page/326 326] |publisher=Exhibitor's Trade Review, Inc. |location=East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |date=January 6, 1923 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorst00newy}} Judith Stafford (Vidor) returns to her San Francisco home after a lengthy sojourn abroad during which Aunt Sophia (Brundage), a social climber, was her chaperon. While aqua-planing off the south coast of France, Judith intentionally falls off her plane and is very much annoyed when Larry Saunders (Butler) of Oklahoma, whose yacht is nearby, dives to her rescue. Judith berates Larry and she swims to the boat of her host, Count Henri (Burke). Later, when Larry comes to San Francisco, he visits his old friend Tobias Stafford (Sprotte), and is amazed to discover that Judith is Tobey's daughter. Judith becomes engaged to the Count. Her father opposes this match and tricks her and Larry on board one of his merchant ships. He gives Captain Sandy MacTavish (Todd) certain orders which result in Judith and Larry being marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Seas. Larry tries drastic means of taming Judith but is unsuccessful. He adopts gentler but persuasive methods and wins. Judith is happily in love with him. The Count turns up unexpectedly and kidnaps Judith. Tobey arrives and he and Larry start in pursuit of the abductor. After a thrilling chase, Judith is rescued by her lover.
Cast
- Florence Vidor as Judith Stafford
- Bert Sprotte as Tobias Stafford
- Mathilde Brundage as Aunt Sophia
- David Butler as Larry Saunders
- Roscoe Karns as Shorty Thompson
- Peter Burke as Count Henri de Marcellus
- Harry Todd as Sandy MacTavish
Production
The third of four pictures that Vidor and his spouse Florence Vidor (a rising actor at Paramount Pictures) had contracted to film for Associated Exhibitors, all of which were completed in 1922. Vidor considered the film “out of my line.”Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 340
Vidor was unable to complete the final film of the contract, [[Alice Adams (1923 film)|
Alice Adams]], as his marriage to Florence was deteriorating. He arranged for Rowland V. Lee to handle the direction.Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 26
Footnotes
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References
- Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. King Vidor, American. University of California Press, Berkeley. {{ISBN|0-520-05798-8}}
External links
{{Commons category|Conquering the Woman}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0013024|title=Conquering the Woman}}
{{King Vidor}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by King Vidor
Category:Associated Exhibitors films