Three Women, also known as Die Frau, die Freundin und die Dirne, is a 1924 American silent drama film starring May McAvoy, Pauline Frederick, and Marie Prevost, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and based on the novel Lillis Ehe by Yolande Maree (Iolanthe Mares).
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Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Screenplay by | Hanns Kraly |
Story by | Ernst Lubitsch Hanns Kraly |
Based on | Lillis Ehe by Yolande Maree |
Starring | May McAvoy Pauline Frederick Marie Prevost |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher Charles Van Enger |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers (US) UFA (Germany) |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $329,000 |
Box office | $438,000 |
Screenplay
- May McAvoy as Jeanne Wilton
- Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Mabel Wilton
- Marie Prevost as Harriet
- Lew Cody as Edmund Lamont
- Willard Louis as Harvey Craig
- Pierre Gendron as Fred Armstrong
- Mary Carr as His mother
- Raymond McKee as Fred's friend
- Max Davidson as The Jeweler (uncredited)
- Charles Farrell as College Boy (uncredited)
- George J. Lewis as College Boy (uncredited)
- Tom Ricketts as The Butler (uncredited)
- Rolfe Sedan as Nightclub patron (uncredited)
- Hal Thompson as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Jane Winton as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $344,000 domestically and $94,000 foreign making it the studio's most popular film of 1924-25.
Prints of Three Women are in the collections of the George Eastman House and Filmmuseum München. It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s and shown on television.