The Woman on the Index

The Woman on the Index
lobby poster
Directed byHobart Henley
Written byWillard Mack
Based onLillian Trimble Bradley (play)
George Broadhurst (play)
Frank M. O'Brien (story)
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
StarringPauline Frederick
CinematographyEdward Gheller
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1919 (1919-02-23)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Woman on the Index is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Pauline Frederick and her then-husband playwright Willard Mack. It was Frederick's first film at Goldwyn Pictures after coming over from Paramount.[1] The film was adapted by Mack based on a 1918 Broadway play of the same name by Lillian Trimble Bradley and George Broadhurst.[2] The play had been based on a short story, again by the same name, by Frank M. O'Brien, which first appeared in Munsey's Magazine in 1913.[3]

Openings for the film were held at the Rialto Theatre in New York City and at the Colonial Theatre in Green Bay, Wisconsin in March of 1919.[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Sylvia Martin's past is that of despair. Turned out of an unhappy home, she becomes the wife of a handsome and manly type of crook. However, before the marriage can be consummated, he kills himself to avoid arrest. Sylvia is put on trial for murder and acquitted, but her name is recorded in a police index that falls into the hands of Hugo Declasse, an astute agent of the Bolsheviki. He pursues the wife, but she is also compelled to lend herself to the schemes of a secret service officer. She through her cleverness obtains documents held in the rooms of Declasse. In the end, she is returned to the arms of a forgiving and adoring husband.

Cast

Preservation

The Woman on the Index is currently presumed lost.[5][1] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 de Groat, Greta (April 7, 2006), The Pauline Frederick Website: The Woman on the Index (1919), stanford.edu, retrieved May 16, 2026
  2. ↑ The Woman on the Index, play, 48th Street Theatre August 29-October 1918; 52 performances; IBDb.com
  3. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Woman on the Index". afi.com. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Louis Reeves (April 5, 1919). "Reviews and Advertising Aids: The Woman on the Index". Moving Picture World. 40 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 121–22. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Woman on the Index". memory.loc.gov. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  6. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. February 4, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
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