The Savage Woman (1918 film)
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Savage Woman
| image = The Savage Woman (1918) - 4.jpg
| caption = Film still
| director = Edmund Mortimer
Robert G. Vignola
| producer = Clara Kimball Young
| writer = François de Curel (play)
Kathryn Stuart
| narrator =
| starring = Clara Kimball Young
Edward Kimball
Milton Sills
| music =
| cinematography =Arthur Edeson
| editing =
| studio = Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation
| distributor = Select Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1918|08|12}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Savage Woman is a 1918 American silent adventure film directed by Edmund Mortimer and Robert G. Vignola and starring Clara Kimball Young, Edward Kimball, and Milton Sills.Monaco p. 175
Cast
- Clara Kimball Young as Renee Benoit
- Edward Kimball as Jacques Benoit
- Milton Sills as Jean Lerier
- Marcia Manon as Aimee Ducharme
- Clyde Benson as Prince Menelek
Production
While filming in San Pedro, both Clara Kimball Young and her father sustained minor injuries when a shower of rocks fell on top of them. Clara had been hit in the head, and Edward sprained his ankle. Filming resumed shortly afterwards.{{Cite book |last= |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald07exhi/page/n77/mode/2up |title=Exhibitors Herald |last2= |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |location=Chicago |publication-date=July 6, 1918 |pages=17 |language=en}}
Preservation
With no prints of The Savage Woman located in any film archives,{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Savage Woman |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8918/default.html |access-date=2025-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012443/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8918/default.html |archive-date=21 March 2023 }} it is a lost film.
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
External links
{{commons category|The Savage Woman}}
- {{IMDb title|0009578}}
{{Robert G. Vignola}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Savage Woman (1918 film), The}}
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language adventure films
Category:Films directed by Edmund Mortimer
Category:Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
Category:Lost American adventure films
Category:Selznick Pictures films
Category:Silent American adventure films
{{Silent-adventure-film-stub}}