The Woman Gives

Set in the 20th century, this silent drama follows Inga Sonderson as she moves through a world of duty, desire, and social judgment. Inga, portrayed with quiet intensity by Norma Talmadge, moves through a circle of acquaintances that includes the earnest Daniel Garford and the calculating Robert Milton, each shaping the moral landscape around her. As the story unfolds through intertitles and restrained gesture, relationships become tangled by loyalty, secrecy, and the expectations placed on a woman in a tight knit community. The tension rises not with grand melodrama but with subtle choices that ripple outward, testing trust, reputation, and the lines between longing and public responsibility. The film relies on performance, atmosphere, and period detail to tell its arc.

Directed by Roy William Neill, The Woman Gives showcases Norma Talmadge in a role. The screenplay credits go to Owen Johnson, Waldo Walker, and Grant Carpenter, with the production anchored in the era of silent drama that defined 1920s cinema.

Box office data for The Woman Gives is not readily documented, a common fate for many silent era indies. If records exist, they are sparse, reflecting a period when many performances circulated through limited regional circuits and small cinemas today.

Awards: There are no widely documented nominations or wins for this title. In the canon of Norma Talmadge's work, it sits outside the major award conversations of the era, and contemporary archives offer little detail on recognition or festival presence. Today archivists note. Its place in film history remains debated.

Reception and themes: Given the scarcity of contemporary reviews for this obscure 1920 drama, critics are hard to pin down. Still, the material appears to orbit themes common to Norma Talmadge vehicles of the period, including personal dignity under social pressure and the quiet resilience of a woman facing judgment.