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The Woman Tempted
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Wikipedia article
'The Woman Tempted' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Juliette Compton, Warwick Ward and Nina Vanna.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205123301/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58494 BFI.org] It was based on a novel by Vera, Countess Cathcart.Goble p.75 The film was shot at Cricklewood Studios, and was backed by John Maxwell's Wardour Films which was dramatically increasing its role in the film industry. It was first given a trade show screening in June 1926, but did not go on full release until the following March. By that time Elvey had departed to work for Maxwell's rival Gaumont-British.Low p.186
Premise
A young woman murders another woman whose behaviour drove her fianc to suicide.
Cast
* Juliette Compton as Louise Harding
* Warwick Ward as Jimmy Davies
* Nina Vanna as Maud Edworth
* Malcolm Tod as Basil Gilmore
* Joan Morgan as Sybil Helmsley
* Adeline Hayden Coffin as Mrs. Edworth
* Judd Green
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Low, Rachael. 'The History of the British Film 1918-1929'. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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