The World and the Woman is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Jeanne Eagels as a prostitute who seeks a second chance in the countryside. The film was based on the 1914 play Outcast starring Elsie Ferguson, and was remade in 1922 as Outcast, starring Ferguson; in 1928 with Corinne Griffith, also titled Outcast; and with Bette Davis in 1935 as The Girl from 10th Avenue.Outcast as performed on Broadway beginning November 2, 1914; from the IBDB.com database The film is unrelated to the 1907 novel bearing the same title written by Ruth Kimball Gardiner.
Cast Jeanne Eagels as A Woman of the Streets Boyd Marshall as The Man Thomas A. Curran as James Palmer Grace DeCarlton as Mrs. Jim Rollins Wayne Arey as Jim Rollins Carey L. Hastings as Anna Graham Ethelmary Oakland as Sunny
Preservation A 35 mm print of the film is held by George Eastman House. The film is available on DVDThe World and the Woman at the silentera.com database and online.The World and the Woman (1916) (full film)
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