The World and the Woman

{{short description|1916 film by Frank Lloyd, Eugene Moore}}

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{{Distinguish|The World and Its Woman}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The World and the Woman

| image = The World and the Woman.jpg

| caption =

| director = Frank Lloyd
Eugene Moore

| producer = Edwin Thanhouser

| writer = Philip Lonergan
William C. deMille

| narrator =

| starring = Jeanne Eagels
Boyd Marshall
Thomas A. Curran

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing = Martin G. Cohn
Jack Natteford

| studio = Thanhouser Film Corp.

| distributor = Pathé Exchange
Golden Rooster Plays

| released = {{Film date|1916|11|19}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thanhouser.org/films/world.htm |title=The Woman and the World |publisher=thanhouser.org |accessdate=August 25, 2010}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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The World and the Woman is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Jeanne Eagels as a prostitute who seeks a second chance in the countryside. The film was based on the 1914 play Outcast starring Elsie Ferguson, and was remade in 1922 as Outcast, starring Ferguson; in 1928 with Corinne Griffith, also titled Outcast; and with Bette Davis in 1935 as The Girl from 10th Avenue.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8082 Outcast as performed on Broadway beginning November 2, 1914; from the IBDB.com database] The film is unrelated to the 1907 novel bearing the same title written by Ruth Kimball Gardiner.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_World_and_the_Woman.html?id=X-tEAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|title = The World and the Woman - Ruth Kimball Gardiner| isbn= | last1=Gardiner | first1=Ruth Kimball | date=1907 | publisher=A. S. Barnes & Co. }}

The film is available on DVD[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WorldAndTheWoman1916.html The World and the Woman at the silentera.com database] and online.[https://vimeo.com/20030914 The World and the Woman (1916)] (full film)