''Just a Woman'' is a lost 1918 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Julius Steger based on a Broadway play, ''Just a Woman'', by

Eugene Walter Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his y ...

. The film starred Charlotte Walker, then wife of playwright Walter. The film was remade again in 1925 as '' Just a Woman'' with

Claire Windsor Claire Windsor (born Clara Viola Cronk; April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent screen era. Early life Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk (nicknamed "Ola") in 1892 in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas to ...

Cast

* Charlotte Walker as Anna Ward *Lee Baker as Jim Ward *

Forrest Robinson Forrest Robinson (1858 – January 6, 1924) was an American stage and silent era actor. He was a leading man at the Boston Museum Theater and acted in numerous theatrical productions in New York. He also appeared in numerous films. Robinson was ...

as Judge Van Brink *Henry Carvill as John Prentiss * Edwin Stanley as Fred Howard *Anna Williams as Mary *Charles Kraus as Elias fox *Lorna Volare *Cornish Beck *

Florence Deshon Florence Deshon (born Florence Danks; July 19, 1893February 4, 1922) was an American motion picture actress in silent films. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Deshon began her film career in 1915, appearing in '' The Beloved Vagabond'', and would la ...

*Camille Dalberg

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Just a Woman'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 4, the embrace between the husband and woman after the intertitle "I hope to be back soon", and, Reel 6, the intertitle "I want the court to understand" etc.

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* * 1918 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films American films based on plays American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films 1918 lost films Censored films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub