Masterpiece Selection that Capture the Essence of The Rejected Woman: Cult Guide

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Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.

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Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing, and offers it to her brother provided that he will enlist in the army. Henry agrees and goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when Ambrose learns that his daughter has been arrested for theft, he disowns her. Melia does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals, Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country.

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A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.

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Young lawyer Billy Dow vows not to marry a woman who has more money then he does, which causes problems when his girlfriend inherits a million dollars from an aunt she has never seen. In keeping with his promise, Billy breaks up with her. Desperate to get him back, she turns over the money to George Frayne, an "investor" with a long record of losing money for his investors, in hopes that he will lose all of her money and Billy will take her back. Complications ensue.

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A young woman at a crossroads is shown what her future would be like for each choice.

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A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.

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A woman runs away from an arranged marriage. Her father finds her and plans to send the man to the same rooming house so they might fall in love. Plans go awry when a police reporter accidentally assumes his place while on a case.

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A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well. The German then attempts to blackmail her into helping the German cause during WWI.

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On her way to New York City to complete her art education, Eleanor Gates meets Mr. Harrington, a broker, and the two become friends. When her work meets with great success in Greenwich Village, Eleanor consults with Harrington on investments. Bored with his wife, Harrington begins to fall in love with the fascinating young artist, and she returns his affections. After the death of the Harrington's' baby, Mr. Harrington completely neglects his wife, who soon realizes that he is having an affair. Unaware that Eleanor is the other woman, Mrs. Harrington confides in her, and Eleanor experiences a change of heart. After learning that Eleanor is Harrington's mistress, Mrs. Harrington denounces her, whereupon Eleanor castigates the wife for failing to provide her husband with sympathetic companionship. Mrs. Harrington resolves to become a better wife, while Eleanor returns to the sweetheart she left in the country.