Film

Why Women Love

1925 · 1h 10m · Drama

An oil tanker burns at sea, and Molla Hansen, the captain's daughter, is the only survivor. Her rescuer, lighthouse-keeper Silas Martin, is fatally burned, and begs Molla to look after his daughter, Pearl. Meanwhile, Captain Rodney O'Malley, Molla's grief-stricken fiancé, departs on a long cruise. Two years later, Pearl is seduced by rum-runner Charley Watts, although she blames engineer Ira Meers. Molla learns of Pearl's pregnancy and holds Ira at gunpoint in the lighthouse. When Pearl discovers that Charley is already married, she locks him in the lighthouse tower, floods it with gas, and hurls a lighted lantern at him. Pearl and Charley are killed, but Ira recovers. The explosion signals Rod's ship, and he and Molla are reunited. A lost film.

Blanche Sweet

Molla Hansen

Bert Sprotte

Olaf Hansen

Robert Frazer

Capt. Rodney O'Malley

Charles Murray

Josiah Scott

Russell Simpson

Silas Martin

Dorothy Sebastian

Pearl

Alan Roscoe

Charley Watts

Fred Warren

Johnny Hickey

Edward Earle

Ira Meers

• Edwin CareweDirector
• Lois ZellnerScreenplay
• Robert KurrleDirector of Photography
• Edward M. McDermottEditor

Release date

October 18, 1925

Status

Released

Original language

xx

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

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