''Woman's Place'' is a 1921 American

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an A ...

. It stars Constance Talmadge and Kenneth Harlan. It was produced by Talmadge's brother-in-law, Joseph Schenck and distributed through Associated First National, later First National Pictures. It is a surviving film in the British Film Institute (BFI) in London.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Josephine Gerson (Talmadge) is selected by the woman's party as their candidate for mayor and her fiancé accepts the "machine" nomination, and their engagement ends. In her conflict with the boss of the opposition party Jim Bradley (Harlan), mutual love develops with each determined to win. In an election speech as novel as it is effective, Josephine wins the male voters of the pivotal ninth ward. However, her campaign's neglect of the female vote results in her defeat at the polls by 27 votes. Natural gloom at the loss is dispelled when Bradley announces that he has been won over by her policies and appoints her constituents to vital offices, and a happy ending results.

Cast

* Constance Talmadge as Josephine Gerson * Kenneth Harlan as Jim Bradley *

Hassard Short Hubert Edward Hassard Short (15 October 1877 – 9 October 1956), usually known as Hassard Short, was an actor, stage director, set designer and lighting designer in musical theatreJohn Kenrick (theatre writer), Kenrick, JohnWho's Who in Musicals ...

as Freddy Bleeker * Florence Short as Amy Bleeker *Ina Rorke as Mrs. Margaret Belknap *Margaret Linden as Miss Jane Wilson (credited as Marguerite Linden) * Jack Connolly as Dan Dowd

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* 1921 films 1921 romantic comedy films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language romantic comedy films Films directed by Victor Fleming Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck Films with screenplays by Anita Loos First National Pictures films Silent American romantic comedy films Surviving American silent films {{1920s-romantic-comedy-film-stub