Just a Woman

Follows Anna Ward, a Pittsburgh housewife, who helps her husband Jim—a recovering alcoholic and laborer—rise to director of a steel company. As Jim supports worker’s rights, company officials try to ruin him with alcohol, which precipitates an affair. Jim’s mistress convinces him to sue Anna for divorce on the false charge of infidelity, but Jim eventually confesses his plot to the court and is sentenced to prison. Jim returns seeking Anna’s forgiveness—admitting she's “more than just a woman”—just as their son departs to fight in World War I.

Eugene Walter (1874-1941), born in Cleveland, was a veteran of the Spanish-American War who became a popular playwright. He died in Hollywood.

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