To Please One Woman

To Please One Woman
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Directed by	Lois Weber
Written by	Marion Orth (story) Lois Weber
Produced by	Lois Weber
Starring	Claire Windsor George Hackathorne Edmund Burns
Distributed by	Famous Players–Lasky Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 19, 1920 (1920-12-19)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

To Please One Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by Lois Weber and starring Claire Windsor. It was distributed by Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

The film is a take on the "vamp" genre by pioneer Lois Weber, just as that genre was waning.

Cast

• Claire Windsor as Alice Granville
• Edith Kessler as Cecilia Granville
• George Hackathorne as Freddy
• Edmund Burns as Dr. John Ransome
• Mona Lisa as Leila
• Howard Gaye as Leila's Husband
• Lee Shumway as Lucien Wainwright (credited as L.C. Shumway)
• Gordon Griffith as Bobby Granville

uncredited

• Frank Coghlan Jr. as (credited as Junior Coghlan)
• Esther Ralston

Preservation status

A print may exist in the Library of Congress collection.[3] The Library of Congress online database shows no listing and may need to be updated if a print does exist.[4]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: To Please One Woman at silentera.com
2. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 185 (directs to p. 193 "Unid Atkinson: No 39") c.1978 by the American Film Institute
4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: To Please One Woman

External links

• To Please One Woman at IMDb