A Woman Who Understood is a 1920 American silent drama film, directed by William Parke, distributed by Robertson-Cole, and starring Bessie Barriscale.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, Madge Graham (Barriscale), a sculptress who pays for her art work by conducting a tea room in Greenwich Village, New York City, saves violinist Robert Knight (Stanley) during an attempted suicide by throwing a tea cup through his window. She learns that he is despondent over a rejection by the young woman he loves and from losing his position in an orchestra. Her efforts get him his place back with the orchestra and they are married. Her interest in their children leads him to seek appreciation of his talent elsewhere, and he goes to his former sweetheart who is now Mrs. Alden (Cumming). In a fire he burns his hands. Mrs. Alden declines to offer her skin for an operation to save his hands, but when his wife consents he sees that she really understands him.
Cast
Bessie Barriscale as Madge Graham
Forrest Stanley as Robert Knight
Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Alden
Thomas Holding as Mr. Alden
Stanton Williams as Bobbie Knight
Mary Jane Irving as Peggy Knight
Gloria Holt as Marion Alden
Joe Butterworth as Jimmy
Preservation
With no prints of A Woman Who Understood located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.