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When a Woman Guides
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Anthony O’Sullivan

Cast: Edward Dillon [the mayor], Mabel Van Buren [president of the Women’s League]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Anita Loos. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? At first the trick the president of the Women’s Political League played upon the mayor failed. That he might see things as they exist, she told him she lived in the tenements. His party bosses owned those tenements. The bill passed, his chance for governor would be gone. Yet law it became, and the mayor realized wherein lay his strength.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.