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The Fear Woman

When her drunken father dies from falling downstairs on the night of her engagement announcement, Helen Winthrop finds a note from him warning that drinking has ruined the family's past four generations. She breaks her engagement to lawyer Robert Craig so that she can test herself as she fears that her children might inherit the habit. After sacrificing her reputation to save that of her adulterous married friend Stella Scarr, Helen goes to a resort hotel where she wins a tennis tournament and flirts with Percy Farwell, the son of social climber Mrs. Honorah Farwell. In order to break up her son's romance with a supposedly disgraced woman, Mrs. Farwell hires Robert Craig.

Top Cast

  • Pauline Frederick

    Pauline Frederick

    Helen Winthrop

  • Milton Sills

    Milton Sills

    Robert Craig

  • Walter Hiers

    Walter Hiers

    Percy Farwell

  • Emmett King

    Emmett King

    Harrison Winthrop

  • Harry Northrup

    Harry Northrup

    Sidney Scarr

  • Ernest Pasque

    Ernest Pasque

    Bruce Terhune

  • Beverly Travers

    Beverly Travers

    Stella Scarr

  • Lydia Yeamans Titus

    Lydia Yeamans Titus

    Mrs. Honorah Farwell

  • Peaches Jackson

    Peaches Jackson

    Child (uncredited)

Overview

When her drunken father dies from falling downstairs on the night of her engagement announcement, Helen Winthrop finds a note from him warning that drinking has ruined the family's past four generations. She breaks her engagement to lawyer Robert Craig so that she can test herself as she fears that her children might inherit the habit. After sacrificing her reputation to save that of her adulterous married friend Stella Scarr, Helen goes to a resort hotel where she wins a tennis tournament and flirts with Percy Farwell, the son of social climber Mrs. Honorah Farwell. In order to break up her son's romance with a supposedly disgraced woman, Mrs. Farwell hires Robert Craig.

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