| The Woman on the Jury | |
| Director: | Harry O. Hoyt |
| Studio: | Associated First National |
| Distributor: | Associated First National |
| Starring: | Sylvia Breamer Frank Mayo Lew Cody Bessie Love |
| Cinematography: | James Van Trees |
| Editing: | Leroy Stone |
| Runtime: | 7 reels; 7,408 feet |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Woman on the Jury is a lost 1924 American silent drama film produced and released by Associated First National and directed by Harry Hoyt. It is based on a Broadway stage play, The Woman on the Jury,[1] [2] and stars Sylvia Breamer and Bessie Love. The story was refilmed in 1929 as an early talkie under the title The Love Racket starring Dorothy Mackaill.[3] [4] [5]
In the Adirondacks, notorious philanderer George Montgomery (Cody) is murdered, and his former sweetheart Grace (Love) is put on trial. Betty Brown (Breamer) and her husband Fred Masters (Mayo) both serve on the jury. When the defendant is nearly wrongfully convicted, Betty reveals her own history with the murder victim—that she once had been in love with him and tried to kill him—proves that the defendant is innocent.[6] [7] [8] [9]
The film was primarily shot at night so that the cast and crew could work on other films during the day.[10]
The film received generally positive reviews, and Breamer's performance was particularly well-reviewed.
With no copies of The Woman on the Jury located in any film archives,[11] it is a lost film.