Women Who Give is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. It starred Barbara Bedford, Renée Adorée and Frank Keenan. Based upon the novel Cape Cod Folk by Sarah P. MacLean, it was produced by Louis B. Mayer Productions and distributed by MGM.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Women Who Give
Plot As described in a film magazine review, stern Cape Cod businessman Jonathan Swift has high ambitions for his two children. To prevent a match between his son Noah and Becky, the daughter of Captain Bijonah Keeler, he sends aboard ship. Becky, fearing her approaching motherhood, runs away on Captain Joe Cradlebow's vessel. Captain Cradlebow is an unsuccessful suitor for Emily Swift's hand. The fishing fleet returns home in a terrible storm guided by the beacon light of Captain Keeler's blazing home, which he had set on fire. Noah weds Becky while Emily becomes the wife of Captain Cradlebow.
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Preservation status A print of Women Who Give survives in the MGM Studio library, Turner.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Women Who Give
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Lantern slide (archived) Still of a scene (archived)