The Fear Woman

A stately silent melodrama of sacrifice and inherited shame, played with earnest intensity and a slow, theatrical gravity.

Directed by

J.A. Barry

Genres

Drama

Starring

Pauline Frederick, Milton Sills, Lydia Yeamans Titus

Tagline

"The Tragedy of a Woman who Ruined Her Reputation to Save Her Friend — A Drama of the Ghosts of Yesterday."

Overview

When her drunken father dies from falling downstairs on the night of her engagement announcement, Helen Winthrop finds a note from him warning that drinking has ruined the family's past four generations. She breaks her engagement to lawyer Robert Craig so that she can test herself as she fears that her children might inherit the habit. After sacrificing her reputation to save that of her adulterous married friend Stella Scarr, Helen goes to a resort hotel where she wins a tennis tournament and flirts with Percy Farwell, the son of social climber Mrs. Honorah Farwell. In order to break up her son's romance with a supposedly disgraced woman, Mrs. Farwell hires Robert Craig.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Addiction, family, love, identity

Content

Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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