The One Woman

Oct 1, 1918

1h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

Denounced for preaching socialism Reverend Frank Gordon founds his own "Temple of Man." financed by Kate Ransom, the woman Gordon has fallen in with love and entered into a common-law agreement with after divorcing his wife. With the outbreak of World War I, however, the members of his new congregation oppose conscription while he wholeheartedly supports the Allied cause. Driven from his own church, he returns home to find Kate in banker Mark Overman's arms, enraged he strangles the banker. Sentenced to life imprisonment, his ex-wife Ruth pleads with Governor Morrison to pardon the errant clergyman. Gordon is allowed to return to his family.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Mastercraft Photoplay Corporation

The One Woman Trailers

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Cast

Rev. Frank Gordon

Lawson Butt

Kate Ransom

Clara Williams

Ruth Gordon

Adda Gleason

Mark Overman

Herschel Mayall

Boy

Ben Alexander

Girl

Mary Jane Irving

Governor Morrison

Thurston Hall

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