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A Woman of No Importance
(1921) England
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by Denison Clift
Cast: Fay Compton [Rachel Arbuthnot], Milton Rosmer (Milton Rossmer) [Lord Illingworth], Ward McAllister [Gerald Arbuthnot], Lillian Walker [Hester Hasley], Henry Vibart [Farquhar], Gwen Carton [Elsie Farquhar], M. Gray Murray [Sir Thomas], Hetta Bartlett [Lady Cecilia], Daisy Campbell [Lady Hunstanton], Julie Hartley-Milburn [Lady Rofford]
Ideal Films, Limited, production; distributed by Ideal Films, Limited. / Scenario by Arthur Q. Walton, from the play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. / Released July 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA (in six reels) by Select Pictures Corporation on 20 June 1922.
Drama.
Synopsis: [The Film Daily, 11 June 1922, page ?] George Harford, in line for the title of Lord Illingworth, betrays a young girl of a lower class whom his mother forbids him to marry. The girl goes away and works to raise her son, the child of Harford. Through some unexplained manner she gains an entrance into society and her son becomes a barrister. Through the influence of a friend, Mrs. Arbuthnot, as she now calls herself, secures a coveted position for her son. She is shocked when she learns that the man to whom he is to act as secretary is Harford, now Lord Illingworth. Eventually the boy learns that Illingworth is his father and will have nothing to do with him, while the mother is happy because her son’s sweetheart is willing to overlook the mistake of the mother.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: United Kingdom: England
Listing updated: 27 November 2022.
References: Sherwood-Best p. 198 : Website-IMDb.
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