Satan and the Woman (1928) Ex 13-7 Unknown, Claire Windsor, and Vera Lewis Ex 13-26 Vera Lewis and Claire Windsor (center) Ex 13-37 Unknown, Vera Lewis, Cornelius Keefe and Claire Windsor Ex 13-66 Thomas Holding, Claire Windsor, and Cornelius Keefe "Satan and the Woman" -- with Claire Windsor (Excellent-Regional, Jan. 20; 6,400 ft.; 74 to 91 min.) A fairly human interest story, which has made a pretty fiar program picture. Most of the sympathy for the heroine is aroused by her aunt's persecution; her father had been kille dbefore she was born and her aunt, from her mother's side, would not acknowledge her. As a result, she had been reared by a kind-hearted woman. But the town folk had always looked down upon her as a "nameless" creature, even though her father and her mother had been married. The kind-hearted foster-mother hoped that in time the aunt's heart would soften. With this end in view, she sends the heroine to her aunt's home to take some clothes to her aunt. When the aunt sees her she becomes furious. The heroine noticed a picture on the wall that was her exact image. This made her suspect that she was in some way related to the picture on the wall. While in the garden, her aunt's nephew (an adopted child) noticed her and became attracted by her beauty. This started a friendship that eventlually ripened into love. The story ends with the heroine as the victor; with her ways she eventually made her aunt's heart soften, to such an extent that her aunt, before her death, willed all her fortune to her. The heroine, because the hero just before her aunt's death had asked her to become his wife, thought that the hero knew that the fortune had been willed to her and therefore believed that his asking her to become his wife had been prompted by mercenary motives. This resulted n a break between them. In time, however, she realized how unjust her suspicions had been and made restitution; she married the hero. The plot has been founded on the Young's Magazine story "Courage," by Mary Lanier Magruder. The picture has been directed by Burton King, from an adaptation by Adrian Johnson. -- Harrison's Reports, February 18, 1928, p. 26 with Claire Windsor, Cornelius Keefe, and Vera Lewis. Directed by Burton King. Excellent. More Information on this film...                                      This work (Satan and the Woman (1928), by Excellent Pictures), identified by Bruce Calvert, is free of known copyright restrictions. Books (none) Last Modified October 31, 2024