For Woman's Favor Explained

For Woman's Favor
Director:	O. A. C. Lund
Producer:	O. A. C. Lund
Starring:	Seena Owen
Cinematography:	Marcel le Picard Robert A. Olssen
Studio:	Lund Productions
Distributor:	Lee-Bradford Corporation
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

For Woman's Favor is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and starring Seena Owen and Henry Hull.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Howard Fiske finds himself penniless and disillusioned and deserted by June Paige, the woman he loves. His friend turns wolf and hounds him for money, demanding that he blackmail the young woman. The young man happens to read the book The Falcon, whose plot resembles his life, and reads how the lover sacrifices all for the woman he loves. When June comes to obtain her letters, the hero gives them to her despite the remonstrances of his friend. June realizes the bigness of his nature and that she still loves him.

Cast

• Seena Owen as June Paige
• Elliott Dexter as Howard Fiske
• Wilton Lackaye as Bracken
• Irma Harrison as The Lamb
• Henry Hull as The Fool / The Lover
• Paul McAllister as The Wolf
• Arthur Donaldson as The Brother

Preservation

With no prints of For Woman's Favor located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

Notes and References

1. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9178?sid=1ea0a600-7c94-40e5-8690-68a02e922b54&sr=8.015438&cp=1&pos=0 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: For Woman's Favor
2. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p. 265, c.1953 by Daniel Blum; Doubleday
3. New Pictures: For Woman's Favor . Exhibitors Herald . 24 . 10 . 92 . Exhibitors Herald Co. . 20 February 1926 . Chicago . 27 March 2023.
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5401/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: For Woman's Favor