''Woman to Woman'' is a 1923 British silent

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directed by

Graham Cutts John Henry Graham Cutts (1884 – 7 February 1958), known as Graham Cutts, was a British film director, one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built o ...

, with

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as the uncredited assistant director and co-screenwriter. The film was the first of three adaptions of the 1921 play '' Woman to Woman'' by Michael Morton. To capitalise on the success of the film, Cutts and Hitchcock made another film, '' The White Shadow'', with Compson before she returned to the United States. Hitchcock met his future wife,

Alma Reville Alma Lucy Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982), was an English director, editor, and screenwriter. She was the wife of the film director Alfred Hitchcock. She collaborated on scripts for her husband's films, including ''Shad ...

, while working on this film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Deloryse, a dancer of exquisite charm and grace, is wooed and won by David Compton, an English officer billeted in Paris. On the eve of their marriage, her fiancée is unexpectedly called away. A blow to the head robs him of his memory and he forgets all about the faithful young woman who sacrificed all for him. Later, fate brings them together and, while the man's heart is wrung by the wrong that he has unwittingly done to Deloryse by marrying another woman, Deloryse's one thought is to protect the future of their son. For this, she sacrifices herself by dancing at a fete of the second woman in the case, even after a doctor had warned her that to do so would be fatal.

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Preservation

As of August 2010, the film is missing from the

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, and is listed as one of the

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's " 75 Most Wanted"

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BFI 75 Most Wanted entry
with extensive notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Woman To Woman 1923 films 1923 lost films 1923 romantic drama films British romantic drama films British silent feature films British black-and-white films Films about amnesia British films based on plays Films directed by Graham Cutts Films set in Paris Films set in London Lost British films Films produced by Victor Saville Lost romantic drama films 1920s British films Silent romantic drama films

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