
After 20 years of married life, Densie Plummer feels unappreciated by her family and decides to open her own business. Her newfound independence causes strife with her husband and children.

The first miracle of A Woman’s Woman is that it survived at all: a 1923 First National one-reeler presumed lost until a 2022 nitrate surprise surfaced in a Slovenian monastery vault. The second miracle is how fiercely it still bites. Raymond L. Schrock’s scenario, distilled from Nalbro Bartley’s serialized pulp, could...

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" The first miracle of A Woman’s Woman is that it survived at all: a 1923 First National one-reeler presumed lost until a 2022 nitrate surprise surfaced in a Slovenian monastery vault. The second miracle is how fiercely it still bites. Raymond L. Schrock’s scenario, distilled from Nalbro Bartley’s serialized pulp, could have ossified into flapper cliché; instead, under the calm gaze of director Robert G. Vignola, it becomes a slow-burn cri de cœur against the commodification of wives. Cleo Madis..."

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Raymond L. Schrock, Nalbro Bartley
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