Woman's Place
{{short description|1921 film by Victor Fleming}}
{{About|the 1921 film||A Woman's Place (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Woman's Place
| image = Womansplace 1921 newspaperad.jpg
| caption = Newspaper advertisement
| director = Victor Fleming
| producer = Joseph M. Schenck
| writer = John Emerson
Anita Loos
| starring = Constance Talmadge
| music =
| cinematography= Oliver Marsh
J. Roy Hunt
| distributor = Associated First National Pictures (later First National Pictures)
| country = United States
| released = {{film date|1921|10|17}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
}}
Woman's Place is a 1921 American romantic comedy film directed by Victor Fleming. It stars Constance Talmadge and Kenneth Harlan. It was produced by Talmadge's brother-in-law, Joseph Schenck and distributed through Associated First National, later First National Pictures.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WomansPlace1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: Woman's Place] at silentera.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13459 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Woman's Place] Retrieved October 14, 2014
It is a surviving film in the British Film Institute (BFI) in London.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.368/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Woman's Place] Retrieved October 10, 2014
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Woman's Place |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=13 |issue=19 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald13exhi_0/page/66 66] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=November 5, 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald13exhi_0}} Josephine Gerson (Talmadge) is selected by the woman's party as their candidate for mayor and her fiancé accepts the "machine" nomination, and their engagement ends. In her conflict with the boss of the opposition party Jim Bradley (Harlan), mutual love develops with each determined to win. In an election speech as novel as it is effective, Josephine wins the male voters of the pivotal ninth ward. However, her campaign's neglect of the female vote results in her defeat at the polls by 27 votes. Natural gloom at the loss is dispelled when Bradley announces that he has been won over by her policies and appoints her constituents to vital offices, and a happy ending results.
Cast
- Constance Talmadge as Josephine Gerson
- Kenneth Harlan as Jim Bradley
- Hassard Short as Freddy Bleeker
- Florence Short as Amy Bleeker
- Ina Rorke as Mrs. Margaret Belknap
- Margaret Linden as Miss Jane Wilson (credited as Marguerite Linden)
- Jack Connolly as Dan Dowd
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0012862}}
{{Victor Fleming}}
{{Anita Loos}}
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Category:1921 romantic comedy films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Victor Fleming
Category:Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Category:Films with screenplays by Anita Loos
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Silent American romantic comedy films
Category:Surviving American silent films
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