The Winchester Woman (1919)
Drama | 16 November 1919
The 11 Jul 1919 Wid’s Daily announced that actress Alice Joyce had recently begun work on her next starring vehicle. The 23 Jul 1919 issue noted that the scenario by Arthur Edwin Krows won him a staff position with producers Vitagraph Co. of America. The original story was written by Horace Hazeltine, under the pseudonym of Charles Stokes Wayne.
On 12 Jul 1919, Wid’s Daily reported that Alice Joyce had contracted a serious illness the previous day while on location in New England. According to the 2 Aug 1919 Motion Picture News, the actress became sick after performing a scene in a severe rainstorm. She had since returned to work. An item in the 19 Jul 1919 Motion Picture News noted that additional location filming had taken place in an unidentified rural New Jersey town, approximately “an hour’s ride by motor car” from Vitagraph’s Brooklyn, NY, studios.
The Nov 1919 Photoplay revealed that, during the final weeks of filming, leading man Percy Marmont was required to divide his time between two concurrent Vitagraph productions: On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Marmont completed The Winchester Woman; on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday mornings, he appeared in an unspecified film co-starring Corinne Griffith.
Principal photography concluded in early Aug 1919, as indicated by the 6 Sep 1919 Motion Picture News. Alice Joyce had been recuperating over the previous month in Hot Springs, VA.
The Winchester Woman was released 16 Nov 1916. A 25 Nov 1919 opening followed at the Alvarado ...
The 11 Jul 1919 Wid’s Daily announced that actress Alice Joyce had recently begun work on her next starring vehicle. The 23 Jul 1919 issue noted that the scenario by Arthur Edwin Krows won him a staff position with producers Vitagraph Co. of America. The original story was written by Horace Hazeltine, under the pseudonym of Charles Stokes Wayne.
On 12 Jul 1919, Wid’s Daily reported that Alice Joyce had contracted a serious illness the previous day while on location in New England. According to the 2 Aug 1919 Motion Picture News, the actress became sick after performing a scene in a severe rainstorm. She had since returned to work. An item in the 19 Jul 1919 Motion Picture News noted that additional location filming had taken place in an unidentified rural New Jersey town, approximately “an hour’s ride by motor car” from Vitagraph’s Brooklyn, NY, studios.
The Nov 1919 Photoplay revealed that, during the final weeks of filming, leading man Percy Marmont was required to divide his time between two concurrent Vitagraph productions: On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Marmont completed The Winchester Woman; on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday mornings, he appeared in an unspecified film co-starring Corinne Griffith.
Principal photography concluded in early Aug 1919, as indicated by the 6 Sep 1919 Motion Picture News. Alice Joyce had been recuperating over the previous month in Hot Springs, VA.
The Winchester Woman was released 16 Nov 1916. A 25 Nov 1919 opening followed at the Alvarado Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Reviews were mixed: While the Feb 1920 Motion Picture complained that the film was lacking in suspense, the 16 Nov 1919 Wid’s Daily recommended it as a good program release.
After Mrs. Anne Winchester is found innocent of murdering her husband, she leaves Nashville, Tennessee, and settles in a small town on Long Island, New York, to escape notoriety. She soon discovers a mutual attraction with widower David Brinton, owner of her boardinghouse. When Alan Woodward, who is pursuing David's daughter Julia, meets Anne, now known as Mrs. Wharton, he recognizes her as Mrs. Winchester and threatens to denounce her if she interferes with his planned seduction of Julia. Anne warns Julia not to elope with Woodward, but when the young woman refuses to listen, Anne disguises herself as Julia and accompanies Woodward to a hotel in a neighboring town. After Anne escapes their room, the drunken Woodward falls from a window to his death. Anne is suspected of murder again, but she succeeds in proving that she was in the lobby at the time Woodward fell. David faithfully stays by her during the ...
After Mrs. Anne Winchester is found innocent of murdering her husband, she leaves Nashville, Tennessee, and settles in a small town on Long Island, New York, to escape notoriety. She soon discovers a mutual attraction with widower David Brinton, owner of her boardinghouse. When Alan Woodward, who is pursuing David's daughter Julia, meets Anne, now known as Mrs. Wharton, he recognizes her as Mrs. Winchester and threatens to denounce her if she interferes with his planned seduction of Julia. Anne warns Julia not to elope with Woodward, but when the young woman refuses to listen, Anne disguises herself as Julia and accompanies Woodward to a hotel in a neighboring town. After Anne escapes their room, the drunken Woodward falls from a window to his death. Anne is suspected of murder again, but she succeeds in proving that she was in the lobby at the time Woodward fell. David faithfully stays by her during the inquest.
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