The Only Woman

1924 film by Sidney Olcott

  • October 26, 1924 (1924-10-26)
Running time
7 reels, 6,670 feetCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Only Woman is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Joseph M. Schenck for Norma Talmadge Productions and distributed by First National. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Norma Talmadge as the leading woman.[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Fighting Jerry Herrington (Davis), a financial power, gets proof that William Brinsley (Hall) has speculated with trust funds and threatens to put him in jail unless Brinsley agrees to the marriage of his daughter Helen (Talmadge) to Herrington’s son Rex (O'Brien), who is a drunkard. Herrington believes Helen is the only woman who can reform his son. Helen finally agrees and fulfills her contract to the letter. Herrington finally tells her that, when Rex returns to him sober and with a purpose, he will arrange a divorce. Helen starts to try and make a man of him. She takes him on a cruise and keeps liquor away from him. A storm comes up, there is a collision, all are lost but Helen, Rex, and Ole Hanson (Betz), a sailor who becomes officious. Ole later falls overboard in a fight with Rex. Finally they are rescued and return home. Rex offers to give Helen a divorce, but she tells him that she does not want one.

Cast

  • Norma Talmadge as Helen Brinsley
  • Eugene O'Brien as Rex Harrington
  • Edwards Davis as Fighting "Jerry" Harrington, Rex's Father
  • Winter Hall as William Brinsley
  • Matthew Betz as Ole Hansen
  • E. H. Calvert as Rodnet Blake
  • Stella Di Luni as Bing
  • Murdock MacQuarrie as Yacht Captain
  • Rev. Neal Dodd as Minister
  • Brooks Benedict as First officer
  • Charles O'Malley as Steward
  • Virginia Marshall as Little girl

Reception

Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times wrote, "Although the actual plot of Norma Talmadge's latest film vehicle. The Only Woman, is not unfamiliar, the story contains several interesting situations which are effectively pictured."[3]

Preservation status

A print of The Only Woman with some decomposition survives in the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation collection.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The Only Woman at silentera.com
  2. ^ Sewell, Charles S. (November 8, 1924). "The Only Woman; Norma Talmadge's Newest for First National, Directed by Olcott, Should Please the Majority". The Moving Picture World. 71 (2). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 173. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Hall, Mordaunt (November 3, 1924). "The Only Woman (1924)". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Only Woman

External links

  • The Only Woman at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Only Woman at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  • Still with director Olcott at silenthollywood.com
  • (in French) The Only Woman at website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
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Films directed by Sidney Olcott
1907
  • A Runaway Sleighbelle
  • The Dog Snatcher
  • Bowser's House Cleaning
  • The Gentleman Farmer
  • A Hobo Hero
  • The Pony Express
  • The New Hired Girl
  • The Tenderfoot
  • Off for the Day
  • The Sea Wolf
  • The Parson's Picnic
  • The Book Agent
  • A One Night Stand
  • Who'll Do The Washing
  • Peggy's Camping Party
  • The Wooing of Miles Standish
  • Nature Fakirs
  • The Amateur Detective
  • The Red Man's Way
  • Chinese Slave Smuggling
  • The Spring Gun
  • Nathan Hale
  • The Goldbrick
  • It Was Mother-in-Law
  • The Rival Motorists
  • Bill Butt-in and the Burglar
  • Troubles of a Tramp
  • The Lost Mine
  • Woman Cruel Woman
  • A Dramatic Rhearsal
  • School Days
  • Ben Hur
1908
  • Days of '61
  • Back to Farm
  • Mountainers
  • Dogs of Fashion
  • Quack Doctors
  • Under the Star Splanged Banner
  • Evangeline
  • The Stowanay
  • College Days
  • The Banan'Man
  • Henry Hudson
  • Way Down East
  • Washington at Valley Forge
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Captain Kid
  • The Moonshiner's Daughter
  • Night Riders
  • The Under Dog
  • Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Kidnapped for Hate
  • Dolly the Circus Queen
  • The White Squaw Man
  • The Man Hunt
  • Enoch Arden
  • Lady Audley's Secret
  • Held by Bandits
  • The Little Madcap
  • Mrs Gunness, the Female Bluebeard
  • Dynamite Man
  • The Renegade
  • The New Hired Girl
  • A Gipsy Girl's Love
  • The Walls of Sing Sing
  • The Girl Nihilist
  • Robin Hood
  • The Frontiersman's Bride
  • As You Like It
  • The Great Yellowstone Park Hold Up
  • The Old Sleuth Detective
  • The Padrone
  • The Mystery of the Bride in White
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me
  • Caught in the Web
  • The Half Breed
  • Jerusalem in the Time of Christ
  • David and Goliath
  • Fire at Sea
  • Humpty Dumpty Circus
  • The Railroad Detective
  • Hannah Dustin
  • A Ragged Hero
  • Maggie, the Dock Rat
  • For Love of Country
  • The Molly Maguires
  • Red Cloud
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1909
  • The Trail of the White Man
  • A Florida Feud
  • The Girl at the Old Mill
  • The Octoroon
  • The Detectives of the Italian Bureau
  • The High Diver
  • Sporting Days in the South
  • The Making of a Champion Pugilist
  • The New Minister
  • The Old Soldier's Story
  • The Seminomle's Vengeance
  • The Crackers Bride
  • Hungry Hank's Hallucination
  • The Mysterious Double
  • The Fish Pirates
  • The Orange Grower's Daughter
  • The Northern Schoolmaster
  • The Artist and the Girl
  • Love's Triumph
  • Good for Evil
  • The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
  • A Poor Wife's Devotion
  • A Pig in a Poke
  • A Child of the Sea
  • The Omnibus Taxiclub
  • $5000 Reward
  • The Little Angel of Roaring Springs
  • The Mystic Swing
  • A Priest of the Wilderness
  • Mardi Gras in Havana
  • The Japanese Invasion
  • Famine in the Forest
  • A Soldier of US Army
  • The Escape from Andersonville
  • The Tom-Boy
  • Tickle Mary
  • Factory Girl
  • Traced by Kodak
  • Out of Work
  • The Queen of the Quarry
  • The Conspirators - An Incident of a South American Revolution
  • The Pay Car
  • Hiram's Bride
  • The Story of a Rose
  • Winning a Diner
  • The Winning Boat
  • The Mystery of Sleeper Trunk
  • The Hand Organ Man
  • The Man and the Girl
  • A Brother's Wrong
  • The Girl Scout
  • The Cattle Thieves
  • Dora
  • Pale Face's Wooing
  • The Governor's Daughter
  • Judgement
  • The Geisha Who Saved Japan
  • Rally 'Round the Flag
  • The Law of the Mountains
  • The Card Board Baby
  • A Slave to Drink
1910
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