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The Riddle: Woman
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5785 feet
Directed by Edward José

Cast: Geraldine Farrar [Lilla Gravert], Montague Love [Larz Olrik], Adele Blood [Kristine], William P. Carleton [Eric Helsingor], Frank Losee [Sigurd Gravert], Madge Bellamy [Marie Meyer], Louis Stern [Isaac Meyer], Philippe de Lacy

The Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated, through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by John B. Clymer, from the play adaptation The Riddle: Woman by Charlotte E. Wells and Dorothy Donnelly of a Danish language play by Carl Jacobi. Cinematography by Max Scheider, with special effects cinematography by Stewart B. Moss. / © 28 August 1920 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU15466]. Released 3 October 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location photography was taken at Marblehead, Massachusetts, with interiors at the old Thanhouser studios in New Rochelle, New York. De Lacy’s film debut.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3715.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 October 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3715; Best-Those p. 56; Drew-Speaking pp. 7, 273; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 712 : Website-IMDb.