The Inferior Sex
Cast & Crew
Joseph Henabery
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Milton Sills
Mary Alden
John Steppling
Bertram Grassby
Film Details
Synopsis
When his honeymoon is over, Knox Randall shifts his attention from his wife Ailsa to his business. Feeling neglected, Ailsa accepts her sister-in-law Clarissa's advice that a little jealousy might re-ignite her husband's interest. Undertaking a harmless flirtation with playboy Porter Maddox, Ailsa discovers that Clarissa has fallen madly in love with Maddox, who is using her to accumulate confidential information regarding Wall Street secrets. When Ailsa overhears Clarissa making plans to elope with Maddox, she hurries to save her sister-in-law. Rumor spreads that Ailsa is a faithless wife and, upon hearing the gossip, George Mott-Smith, Clarissa's husband, notifies Knox and the two set out to intercept the guilty pair. Once they overtake the threesome, Ailsa tells all and Knox finally realizes the value of his wife.
Director
Joseph Henabery
Cast
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Milton Sills
Mary Alden
John Steppling
Bertram Grassby
James O. Barrows
Crew
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Notes
Some exterior scenes in the film were shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The titling and cutting of the film was done under the supervision of director Henabery and Billy Shea. This was to be the first Mildred Harris Chaplin film released by First National, but because of an accident occurring when heavy rains washed out the wall of the Mayer studios' temporary cutting room, almost half of the negative was damaged and re-takes were necessitated. Polly of the Storm Country then became Chaplin's first release. Sources conflicted in crediting Waldemar Young and Keene Thompson with the scenario.
