A Chapter in Her Life is a 1923 American drama film based on the novel Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life by Clara Louise Burnham. The film was directed by Lois Weber. She had previously adapted the same novel as the 1915 film Jewel, which she co-directed (uncredited) with her then-husband and collaborator Phillips Smalley. Weber made this film shortly after her divorce from Smalley.
Plot
Jewel is a young granddaughter who stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Anger and squabbling amongst the family are brought to heel through love, understanding and the teachings of Christian Science through Jewel's pure sweet love for others and trust in Divine Love.Beauchamp, Cari; Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood; University of California Press, Berkeley, 1997; p. 149
Cast Claude Gillingwater as Mr. Everingham Jane Mercer as Jewel Jacqueline Gadsden as Eloise Everingham Frances Raymond as Madge Everingham Robert Frazer as Dr. Ballard Eva Thatcher as Mrs. Forbes Ralph Yearsley as Zeke Forbes Fred Thomson as Nat Bonnell Beth Rayon as Susan
Preservation status Prints of A Chapter in Her Life are held by the Cineteca Del Friuli, George Eastman House, Library of Congress and BFI National Film and Television Archive. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Chapter in Her LifeCatalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 29, c.1978 by the American Film Institute
References
External links
Progressive Silent Film List: A Chapter in Her Life at silentera.com