The Woman of Bronze

The Woman of Bronze is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and distributed through Metro Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play by Henry Kistemaeckers (adapted by Paul Kester) which starred Margaret Anglin, John Halliday, and Mary Fowler.^[1] The film version is considered to be lost.^[2][3]

The Woman of Bronze
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Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring
Based on	The Woman of Bronze by Henry Kistemaeckers, adapted by Paul Kester
Produced by	Harry Garson Samuel Zierler
Starring	Clara Kimball Young
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	February 23, 1923 (1923-02-23)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Vivian (Clara Kimball Young), a long-suffering wife, endures her artist husband’s infidelity with Sylvia (Kathryn McGuire), his young model. Leonard (Lloyd Whitlock) redeems himself when he recognizes the spiritual character of his wife. Vidor considered the film “out of my line.”^[4]

Cast

• Clara Kimball Young as Vivian Hunt
• John Bowers as Paddy Miles
• Kathryn McGuire as Sylvia Morton
• Edwin Stevens as Reggie Morton
• Lloyd Whitlock as Leonard Hunt
• Edward Kimball as Papa Bonelli

Production

During the filming of A Woman of Bronze Vidor was invited to join Samuel Goldwyn Productions, with whom he would make two pictures: Three Wise Fools (1923) and Wild Oranges (1924).^[5]

Reception

“A heavy emotional drama” as reported by Moving Picture World, 14 April 1923) ^[6]