The Woman on Trial

1927 film

  • October 29, 1927 (1927-10-29)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Woman on Trial is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play Confession by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Paramount Pictures. Ricardo Cortez was originally cast in Hanson's part until he was replaced.[1]

Cast

  • Pola Negri as Julie
  • Einar Hanson as Pierre Bouton
  • Arnold Kent as Gaston Napier
  • Andre Sarti as John Morland
  • Baby Dorothy Brock as Paul
  • Valentina Zimina as Henrietta
  • Sidney Bracey as Brideaux
  • Bertram Marburgh as Morland's Lawyer
  • Gayne Whitman as Julie's Lawyer

Preservation

Fragments of The Woman on Trial survive at the Museum of Modern Art.[2] A reel of outtakes are held at George Eastman House.[3]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Woman on Trial
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Woman on Trial
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Woman on Trial at silentera.com

External links

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  • Synopsis at AllMovie


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