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Why Women Love

Why Women Love

Drama

1h 10m

October 18, 1925 (99 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

Molla Hansen

Birthday: June 16, 1896

29 September 6, 1986 (90)
Bert Sprotte

Bert Sprotte

Olaf Hansen

Birthday: December 9, 1870

54 December 30, 1949 (79)
Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

Capt. Rodney O'Malley

Birthday: June 28, 1891

34 August 17, 1944 (53)
Charles Murray

Charles Murray

Josiah Scott

Birthday: June 21, 1872

53 July 29, 1941 (69)
Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Silas Martin

Birthday: June 16, 1880

45 December 12, 1959 (79)
Dorothy Sebastian

Dorothy Sebastian

Pearl

Birthday: April 26, 1903

22 April 8, 1957 (53)
Alan Roscoe

Alan Roscoe

Charley Watts

Birthday: August 23, 1886

39 March 8, 1933 (46)
Fred Warren

Fred Warren

Johnny Hickey

Birthday: September 16, 1880

45 December 5, 1940 (60)
Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Ira Meers

Birthday: July 16, 1882

43 December 15, 1972 (90)