''The Woman on Trial'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by

Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing ...

, starring

Pola Negri Pola Negri (; born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienn ...

, and based on the play ''Confession'' by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda).

Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (; ; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76. He produced one of Ameri ...

Jesse L. Lasky Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Early life Born in to ...

, and B. P. Schulberg produced for

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was originally cast in Hanson's part until he was replaced.

Cast

as Julie * Einar Hanson as Pierre Bouton * Arnold Kent as Gaston Napier *Andre Sarti as John Morland *Baby Dorothy Brock as Paul * Valentina Zimina as Henrietta *

Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain usually as leading men in musicals and ...

as Brideaux *Bertram Marburgh as Morland's Lawyer * Gayne Whitman as Julie's Lawyer

Preservation

Fragments of ''The Woman on Trial'' survive at the

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. A reel of outtakes are held at

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.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Woman on Trial''
at silentera.com

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* 1927 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films American films based on plays Films directed by Mauritz Stiller Paramount Pictures films 1927 drama films Silent American drama films Films produced by B. P. Schulberg American black-and-white films 1927 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub