Eve's Daughter

Eve's Daughter is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred popular theatre star Billie Burke.

Not to be confused with Eve's Daughters.
Eve's Daughter
Directed byJames Kirkwood
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Written byMargaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based onEve's Daughter
by Alicia Ramsey
CinematographyLawrence E. Williams
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 4, 1918 (1918-03-04)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film is based on the 1917 Broadway play Eve's Daughter by Alicia Ramsey which starred Grace George.[1][2]

It is now considered to be a lost film.[3]

Cast
  • Billie Burke as Irene Simpson-Bates
  • Thomas Meighan as John Norton
  • Lionel Atwill as Courtenay Urquhart
  • Riley Hatch as Martin Simpson
  • Florence Flinn as Victoria Vanning
  • Harriet Ross as Mrs. Simpson-Bates
  • Lucille Carney as Edith Simpson-Bates
  • Mary Navarro as Kate Simpson-Bates (aka Mary Anderson)
  • Harry Lee as Reverend James Sunningdale
  • Clarence Doyle
  • Jimmie Gormon
  • Ivy Shannon

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Eve's Daughter was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 3, two scenes of man rubbing woman's arm (one in drawing room and other in dining room), Reel 4, the intertitle "My pal. Alice Duveen went to Paris with him", man rubbing woman's arm on couch, and, Reel 5, the three intertitles "It need make no difference to us", "You'll look after me like Alice Duveen", and "I thought you understood. I can't marry you."[4]

References
  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Eve's Daughters(Wayback)
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Eve's Daughter at silentera.com
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Eve's Daughter
  4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (14): 29. March 30, 1918.


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