The Female (1924)
A Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a sad...and then happy ending. antic love triangle melodrama, from the Cynthia Stocklet Story. Dalla (Betty Compson) is a pretty orphan who is adopted by a wealthy man. When she matures, he invites her to England (leaving her beau behind),and eventually marries her. After her husband is murdered, she is accused of the crime, because she has still been seeing her old beau Col. Valentia (Warner Baxter). After eventually being cleared of the crime Della maries her first love...Valentia.
Director: Sam Wood
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Betty Compson as Dalla |
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Warner Baxter as Col. Valentia |
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Noah Beery as Barend de Beer |
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Dorothy Cumming as Clodah Harrison |
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Freeman Wood as Clon Biron |
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Pauline French as Mrs. Cstigne |
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Edgar Norton as Clyde Wiel |
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Florence Wix as Lady Malete |
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Helen Butler as Laura Alcutt |
| Crew | Alfred Gilks | Cinematography |
| Writing | Agnes Christine Johnston | Writer |
| Directing | Sam Wood | Director |
| Writing | Cynthia Stockley | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Greer | Costume Design |
| Production | Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |