The Woman on Trial

The Woman on Trial
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Directed byMauritz Stiller
Written byElsie Fuller
Julian Johnson (titles)
Hope Loring (adaptation)
Based onConfession
by Ernest Vajda
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
B. P. Schulberg
StarringPola Negri
CinematographyBert Glennon
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 29, 1927 (1927-10-29)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Woman on Trial is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play Confession by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Paramount Pictures. Ricardo Cortez was originally cast in Hanson's part until he was replaced.[1]

Cast

Preservation

Fragments of The Woman on Trial survive at the Museum of Modern Art.[2] A reel of outtakes are held at George Eastman House.[3]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Woman on Trial
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Woman on Trial
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Woman on Trial at silentera.com
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