The Woman in Room 13

The Woman in Room 13

Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Written by Richard Schayer (scenario)
Based on The Woman in Room 13
by Max Marcin, Samuel Shipman, and Percival Wilde
Starring Pauline Frederick
Cinematography Devereaux Jennings (credited as J.D. Jennings)
Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures
Release dates
  • April 1920 (1920-04)
Running time
5 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Scene from the film.

The Woman in Room 13 is a lost[1] 1920 silent film mystery drama directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Pauline Frederick.[2] It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and is based on a Broadway play of the same name, The Woman in Room 13.[3] The film was remade at Fox in 1932 as a talkie.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Laura Bruce (Frederick) is divorced from her husband following an unpleasant matrimonial term. She then marries Paul Ramsey (Bowers), whom she has always loved. Dick Turner (McKim), his employer and enamored of Laura, sends her husband away on a business trip. A murder is committed and detective John Bruce (Clary) seeks to fasten the crime upon Paul. After he fails to do so, a happy ending results.

Cast

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