| The Way of a Maid | |
| Director: | William P. S. Earle |
| Producer: | Selznick Pictures Lewis J. Selznick |
| Story: | Rex Taylor |
| Starring: | Elaine Hammerstein Diana Allen |
| Cinematography: | William F. Wagner |
| Studio: | Selznick Pictures |
| Distributor: | Select Pictures |
| Runtime: | 5 reels (4,800 feet) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Way of a Maid is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Selznick Pictures and starring Elaine Hammerstein. It was released by Select Pictures and directed by William P. S. Earle from an original story for the screen. A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress.[1] [2]
As described in a film magazine,[3] successful candy salesman Tom Lawlor (Welch) returns to his hotel room and finds it in disorder. Mistaking the young society woman Naida Castleton (Hammerstein), entering the room across the hall from his, for a maid, Tom orders her to make his bed. She keenly enjoys the joke and keeps up the deception as "Marie", and afterwards when Tom's mother Mrs. Lawlor (Lindroth) asks her to become her secretary, Naida accepts the position when her fortune has been swept away. Tom falls in love with her. Naida is sent to Newport to open up a summer home the Lawlor's have recently purchased, one which formerly belonged to Naida's family, her friends descend on her and she is forced to disclose her identity to Tom and his family. She accepts Tom, however, when she finds that he loves her just as much as Naida, society swell, as Marie the maid.