The First Woman Jury in America
The First Woman Jury in America is a 1912 American silent film. It was written by suffragist Alma Webster Hall Powell and produced by Vitagraph Studios. It stars John Bunny, Flora Finch, and Earle Williams.[1][2][3] It is notable for being one of the first films about suffrage written by a suffragist. The scenario was published in full, with images from the film, in The Moving Picture World, March 9, 1912.[4]
| The First Woman Jury in America | |
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| Story by | Alma Webster Hall Powell |
| Starring | John Bunny Flora Finch Earle Williams |
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Release date | March 11, 1912 |
Plot
A newspaper editor chooses an all-female jury when he stands trial.[5]
References
- The Bioscope. Ganes. 1912. pp. vi.
- Motion Picture. Macfadden-Bartell. 1913. p. 132.
- Lowe, Denise (January 27, 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895–1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71897-0.
- "First Woman Jury in America". The Moving Picture World. March 9, 1912. 49–58.
- Saltzman, Joe (2017). The Image of the Journalist in Silent Film, 1890 to 1929: Part One 1890 to 1919 (PDF). A Project of the Norman Lear Center, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. p. 112.
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