Why Women Love

Why Women Love (also known as Sea Woman) is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. Blanche Sweet starred in the film which was based on the Broadway play The Sea Woman, by Willard Robertson.^[1]

Why Women Love
Still with Blanche Sweet and Robert Frazer
Directed by	Edwin Carewe
Written by	Lois Leeson (adaptation) Ralph Spence (intertitles)
Screenplay by	Lois Leeson
Based on	The Sea Woman by Willard Robertson
Produced by	Edwin Carewe
Starring	Blanche Sweet
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle Al M. Green
Edited by	Edward McDermott
Production company	Edwin Carewe Productions
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	October 18, 1925 (1925-10-18)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] a young woman whose lover is a sea captain is reported lost at sea when fire destroys her father’s ship. In reality, the young woman has been rescued and has undertaken to care for the daughter of her rescuer, who was a lighthouse keeper. After a series of thrilling adventures revolving around the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, the young woman and her lover are reunited.

Cast

• Blanche Sweet as Molla Hansen
• Bert Sprotte as Olaf Hansen, Molla's father
• Robert Frazer as Captain Rodney O'Malley
• Charles Murray as Josiah 'Jerry' Scott
• Russell Simpson as Silas Martin, the Lighthouse Keeper
• Dorothy Sebastian as Pearl, His Daughter
• Alan Roscoe as Charley Watts
• Fred Warren as Johnny Hickey
• Edward Earle as Ira Meers, The Engineer

Production

The film's working title was Barriers Aflame. An alternative title was The Sea Woman. The film was shot on location at Point Lobos in Monterey County, California.^[1]

Preservation

With no prints of Why Women Love located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3][4]