The Forgotten Woman is a 1921 silent American melodrama film directed by Park Frame and starring Pauline Stark.
Plot
A "water waif" named Dixie is adopted by a hateful woman and tricked into marrying the woman's son. After her new husband is arrested on their wedding night, she ends up falling for another man.
Cast
Pauline Starke as Dixie LaRose
J. Frank Glendon as Julian LaRose
Allan Forrest as Keith Demming
Laura Winston as 'Sis' Maloney
Roy Coulson as Joe Maloney
Production
Reportedly, Catherine Carr was visiting the Carolinas when she happened upon a group of Southerners who lived a colorful, bohemian lifestyle along a river. Her trip inspired her to write the script for The Forgotten Woman.