The Scarlet Woman Explained

The Scarlet Woman
Director:	Edmund Lawrence
Studio:	Popular Plays and Players
Starring:	Olga Petrova
Cinematography:	Robert C. Smith
Distributor:	Metro Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Scarlet Woman is a 1916 American silent melodrama film directed by Edmund Lawrence and starring Madame Olga Petrova. It was distributed by Metro Pictures, then a newly formed organization.^[1]

Cast

• Olga Petrova as Thora Davis
• Edward Martindel as Hanlin Davis
• Arthur Hoops as Clinton Hastings
• Eugene O'Brien as Robert Blake
• Frances Gordon as Paula Gordon
• Frank Hanna

Preservation

With no prints of The Scarlet Woman located in any film archives,^[2] it is a lost film.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detail view of Movies Page. Afi.com. 26 October 2017.
2. Web site: Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Scarlet Woman. 26 October 2017. Memory.loc.gov. 26 October 2017.