''Eve's Daughter'' is a 1918 American silent

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produced by

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and distributed by

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. The film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred popular theatre star Billie Burke. The film is based on the 1917 Broadway play ''Eve's Daughter'' by Alicia Ramsey which starred

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. It is now considered to be a

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Cast

* Billie Burke as Irene Simpson-Bates *

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he made ...

as John Norton * Lionel Atwill as Courtenay Urquhart * Riley Hatch as Martin Simpson *Florence Flinn as Victoria Vanning *Harriet Ross as Mrs. Simpson-Bates *Lucille Carney as Edith Simpson-Bates * Mary Navarro as Kate Simpson-Bates (aka Mary Anderson) *Harry Lee as Reverend James Sunningdale *Clarence Doyle *Jimmie Gormon *Ivy Shannon

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Eve's Daughter'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 3, two scenes of man rubbing woman's arm (one in drawing room and other in dining room), Reel 4, the intertitle "My pal. Alice Duveen went to Paris with him", man rubbing woman's arm on couch, and, Reel 5, the three intertitles "It need make no difference to us", "You'll look after me like Alice Duveen", and "I thought you understood. I can't marry you."

References

External links

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