The Greater Woman is a 1917 silent film drama starring Broadway actress Marjorie Rambeau in her first motion picture beginning a 40-year screen career. Mutual Film released the film and Frank Powell directed.[1]

The Greater Woman
Directed byFrank Powell
Written byClara Beranger (scenario)
Based onThe Greater Woman
by Algernon Boyeson
Produced byFrank Powell
StarringMarjorie Rambeau
CinematographyWilliam Wagner
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
  • February 26, 1917 (1917-02-26)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Cast

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  • Marjorie Rambeau - Auriole Praed
  • Aubrey Beattie - Leo Bannister
  • Hassan Mussalli - Otto Bettany
  • Sara Haidez - Ida Angley
  • Frank A. Ford - Eustace Praed
  • Josephine Park - Fanny Praed
  • Margaret Grey - ?
  • H. H. Pattee - ?
  • Louis Stern - ?

Preservation

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With no prints of The Greater Woman located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2]

References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Greater Woman
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