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''Mothers of Men'' is a 1917
''Mothers of Men'' was produced by the Robards Film Company of Santa Cruz, and released in November 1917. The story and scenario were written by actor-playwright Hal Reid, father-in-law of the film's star, Dorothy Davenport.
''Mothers of Men'' is a 1917 silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by Willis Robards, promoting woman's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
. The seven-reel drama is considered lost. A five-reel re-edited version also directed by Robards was released in 1921—following ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment—under the title ''Every Woman’s Problem''. This version survives through a single 35mm print preserved by the British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
. The 1921 re-release was restored in 2016, in a collaboration between the BFI and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a film festival first held in 1996 and presented annually at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California, United States. It is the largest silent film festival in the United States, although the largest ...
.
The courtroom drama stars Dorothy Davenport
Fannie Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Born into a family of film performers, Davenport had her own independent career before her marriage to the film a ...
as a judge who wins election as Governor of California. A moral issue arises when her husband is sentenced to death, and she must choose whether to pardon him.
''Mothers of Men''
''Mothers of Men'' was produced by the Robards Film Company of Santa Cruz, and released in November 1917. The story and scenario were written by actor-playwright Hal Reid, father-in-law of the film's star, Dorothy Davenport.
Cast
* Willis Robards as Worthington Williams * Dorothy Davenport as Clara Madison * Hal Reid as Jack Scanton * Mrs. Hal Reid as Mrs. Madison * Katherine Griffith as Maida *Arthur Tavares
Arthur Tavares was an American actor and film editor who was active in Hollywood from the 1910s through the 1930s.
Biography
Arthur was born in San Francisco to Jayme Tavares and Maria Botelho, both of whom were Portuguese immigrants. During th ...
as Guiseppe
* Billie Bennett
Billie Bennett (October 23, 1874 – May 19, 1951) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1930. She was born in Evansville, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Author ...
* Marcella Russell
* Harry Griffith
* Grace Blake
* George Utell
''Every Woman’s Problem''
In the hands of editor Martin G. Cohn, the 1917 film ''Mothers of Men'' was trimmed from seven reels to five for the 1921 release ''Every Woman’s Problem'', produced by Plymouth Pictures Corporation. The screenplay by Jack Natteford is based on the original scenario by Hal Reid. Titles were revised, and additional filming was done in Santa Cruz, California. Plymouth Pictures secured permission for Dorothy Davenport to be billed as Mrs.Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
. The film premiered in Paterson, New Jersey, the week of April 10, 1921.
Cast
* Mrs. Wallace Reid as Clara Madison * Willis Robards as Grant Williams * Maclyn King as Big Bill Deavitt * Wilson Du Bois as Dan ChanningSee also
*Women's suffrage in film
Women's suffrage, the legal right of women to vote, has been depicted in film in a variety of ways since the invention of narrative film in the late nineteenth century. Some early films satirized and mocked suffragists and Suffragettes as "unwomanl ...
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