Why Women Love (1925)
An oil tanker burns at sea, and Molla Hansen, the captain's daughter, is the only survivor. Her rescuer, lighthouse-keeper Silas Martin, is fatally burned, and begs Molla to look after his daughter, Pearl. Meanwhile, Captain Rodney O'Malley, Molla's grief-stricken fiancé, departs on a long cruise. Two years later, Pearl is seduced by rum-runner Charley Watts, although she blames engineer Ira Meers. Molla learns of Pearl's pregnancy and holds Ira at gunpoint in the lighthouse. When Pearl discovers that Charley is already married, she locks him in the lighthouse tower, floods it with gas, and hurls a lighted lantern at him. Pearl and Charley are killed, but Ira recovers. The explosion signals Rod's ship, and he and Molla are reunited. A lost film.
Director:
Edwin Carewe
Writer:
Lois Zellner
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Blanche Sweet as Molla Hansen |
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Bert Sprotte as Olaf Hansen |
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Robert Frazer as Capt. Rodney O'Malley |
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Charles Murray as Josiah Scott |
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Russell Simpson as Silas Martin |
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Dorothy Sebastian as Pearl |
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Alan Roscoe as Charley Watts |
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Fred Warren as Johnny Hickey |
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Edward Earle as Ira Meers |
| Camera | Robert Kurrle | Director of Photography |
| Art | John DuCasse Schulze | Art Direction |
| Editing | Edward M. McDermott | Editor |
| Directing | Edwin Carewe | Director |
| Writing | Willard Robertson | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Lois Zellner | Screenplay |
