Summary
Woman to Woman is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts, with Alfred Hitchcock as the uncredited assistant director and co-screenwriter.[1][2] The film was the first of three adaptions of the 1921 play Woman to Woman by Michael Morton. To capitalise on the success of the film, Cutts and Hitchcock made another film, The White Shadow, with Compson before she returned to the United States.[1]
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| Directed by | Graham Cutts Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited) |
| Written by | Graham Cutts Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited) |
| Based on | Woman to Woman by Michael Morton |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Victor Saville |
| Starring | Betty Compson |
| Cinematography | Claude McDonnell |
| Edited by | Alma Reville |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Running time | 82 minutes (8 reels; 7455 feet) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Hitchcock met his future wife, Alma Reville, while working on this film.[3]
Plot edit
As described in a film magazine review,[4] Deloryse, a dancer of exquisite charm and grace, is wooed and won by David Compton, an English officer billeted in Paris. On the eve of their marriage, her fiancée is unexpectedly called away. A blow to the head robs him of his memory and he forgets all about the faithful young woman who sacrificed all for him. Later, fate brings them together and, while the man's heart is wrung by the wrong that he has unwittingly done to Deloryse by marrying another woman, Deloryse's one thought is to protect the future of their son. For this, she sacrifices herself by dancing at a fete of the second woman in the case, even after a doctor had warned her that to do so would be fatal.
Cast edit
- Betty Compson as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
- Clive Brook as David Compton / David Anson-Pond
- Josephine Earle as Mrs. Anson-Pond
- Marie Ault as Henrietta
- Myrtle Peter as Davy
- A. Harding Steerman as Doctor
- Tom Coventry
- Aubrey Fitzgerald
- Donald Searle
- Madge Tree
- George Turner
- Henry Vibart
- Victor McLaglen as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Preservation edit
As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: Miscellaneous British Films". Brenton Film. 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Woman to Woman". Silent Era. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Woman to Woman / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ Simmons, Michael L. (26 January 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Woman to Woman". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (10). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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