Woman and Wife

Woman and Wife

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Directed by Edward José
Written by Paul West (scenario)
Based on Jane Eyre 
by Charlotte Bronte
Cinematography Benjamin Struckman
Production
company
Select Pictures Corporation
Distributed by Select Pictures Corporation
Release dates
January 1918
Running time
5 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Woman and Wife is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward Jose and starring Alice Brady. It is based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. The Select Pictures Corporation produced and distributed the film. The film was also known as The Lifted Cross.[1]

The film survives in an incomplete state at the BFI National Film and Television Archive.[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Jane Eyre (Brady) is sent to an orphan's home by her domineering aunt, and is expelled from that institution after she slaps the superintendent's face for trying to embrace her. She secures a position in the Rochester home as a governess for their only child. The lonesome Edward Rochester, believing his wife dead, proposes to Jane. His wife's brother appears, bringing along his demented sister, who is Edward's wife. He hides her in a room, and while the household is asleep the demented woman escapes and stabs Edward. Upon his recovery, the wedding proceeds, and at its height Edward's demented wife escapes from her room and interrupts the ceremony. Pursued by servants, she throws herself into a pool and drowns.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Woman and Wife was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut in Reel 1 of the first scenes of the woman drinking.[4]

References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Woman and Wife
  2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Woman and Wife
  3. "Reviews: Woman and Wife". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 6 (7): 23. February 9, 1918.
  4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 6 (8): 29. February 16, 1918.

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