Women Who Give

Women Who Give is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. It starred Barbara Bedford, Renee Adoree and Frank Keenan. Based upon the novel Cape Cod Folk by Sarah P. MacLean, it was produced by Louis B. Mayer Productions and distributed by MGM.^[1]

Women Who Give
Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	A. P. Younger Bernard McConville J. G. Hawks
Based on	Cape Cod Folk by Sarah P. MacLean
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer
Starring	Barbara Bedford Renee Adoree
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn fr
Production company	Louis B. Mayer Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 3, 1924 (1924-03-03)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] stern Cape Cod businessman Jonathan Swift has high ambitions for his two children. To prevent a match between his son Noah and Becky, the daughter of Captain Bijonah Keeler, he sends aboard ship. Becky, fearing her approaching motherhood, runs away on Captain Joe Cradlebow's vessel. Captain Cradlebow is an unsuccessful suitor for Emily Swift's hand. The fishing fleet returns home in a terrible storm guided by the beacon light of Captain Keeler's blazing home, which he had set on fire. Noah weds Becky while Emily becomes the wife of Captain Cradlebow.

Cast

• Barbara Bedford as Emily Swift
• Frank Keenan as Jonathan Swift
• Renee Adoree as Becky Keeler
• Robert Frazer as Captain Joe Cradlebow
• Joseph J. Dowling as Captain Bijonah Keeler
• Margaret Seddon as Ma Keeler
• Joan Standing as Sophia Higginbottom
• Victor Potel as Ephraim Doolittle
• Eddie Phillips as Noah Swift
• William Eugene as Ezra Keeler

Preservation status

A print of Women Who Give survives in the MGM Studio library, Turner.^[3]