{{short description|1918 American comedy-drama film directed by Walter Edwards}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{infobox film |name = A Lady's Name |image = A Lady's Name 01.png |caption = Magazine ad |director = Walter Edwards |producer = Select Pictures Corporation |writer = {{startplainlist}} * Cyril Harcourt (Play) * Julia Ivers (Adaptation) {{endplainlist}} |starring ={{startplainlist}} * Constance Talmadge * Harrison Ford * Emory Johnson {{endplainlist}} |cinematography = James Van Trees |distributor = Select Pictures Corporation |released = {{film date|1918|03|}} |runtime = 5 reels |country = USA |language = Silent (English intertitles }}
'''A Lady's Name''' is a 1918 American silent drama-comedy film directed by Walter Edwards. The film stars Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford and Emory Johnson. The film was released on December 10, 1918, by Select Pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/17149-A-LADY%27S-NAME|title=A Lady's Name|website=catalog.afi.com|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325213240/http://catalog.afi.com/Film/17149-A-LADY%27S-NAME|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497188/a-ladys-name|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018145734/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497188/a-ladys-name|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2021|title=A Lady's Name|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
==Background== '''A Lady's Name''' is a screen version of a play written for the stage by Cyril Harcourt. His play was adapted for the screen by Julia Crawford Ivers.
==Plot== Novelist Mabel Vere (Constance Talmadge) is engaged to Gerald Wantage (Emory Johnson). Mabel is also writing a new book. She needs ideas for her new book. She hatches a plan to advertise for a husband and see if the candidates provide the literary inspiration she needs. Gerald is a "stuffed Shirt" who angrily objects to her plan. She proceeds anyway.
It is decided that Mabel's roommate, Maud Bray (Vera Doria), will screen all responders and frighten away the less desirable suitors. This allows Mabel to respond to the more interesting letters. Shortly, Mabel becomes embroiled in a number of adventures.
One of her applicants is a butler. He is employed by Noel Corcoran (Harrison Ford). As it turns out, Noel has also answered the ad. Noel informs Mabel that Gerald has bet the other members of his club that she will stop answering letters.
Mabel is furious. She starts responding to several particularly lurid letters. Gerald promptly breaks off their engagement. Meanwhile, Noel, who is rich, has fallen in love with Mabel. Noel gets down on his knee and proposes. Mabel accepts his proposal.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Emory Johnson Picture a Broadway success |url= https://archive.org/details/selectpicturesmag05-n08-aladysname|magazine=Motion Pictures|publisher= Select Pictures |date=1918| page=1}}</ref><ref name=ALN01>{{cite magazine |title=A Lady's Name -Select|url= https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew18moti_7#page/3954/mode/1up|magazine=Motion Picture News|publisher=New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.}}</ref>
==Cast== :{| ! style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" | Actor <ref name=ALN01 /> ! style="width: 230px; text-align: left;" | Role |- style="text-align: left;" |Constance Talmadge||Mabel Vere |- |Harrison Ford||Noel Corcoran |- |Emory Johnson||Gerald Wantage |- |Vera Doria||Maud Bray |- |Jim Farley||Flood |- |Fred Huntley||Adams |- |John Steppling||Bird |- |Truman Van Dyke||Bentley |- |Lillian Leighton||Mrs. Haines |- |ZaSu Pitts||Emily |- |Emily Gerdes||Margaret |- |}
==Preservation status== According to the Library of Congress website, 4 out of 5 reels of this film survive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Lady's Name / Walter Edwards [motion picture] |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2860/default.html|work=Performing Arts Databases|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref> The archived copy of this film is stored at New York's Museum of Modern Art.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/research-and-learning/archives/|work=Archives Databases|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" class="center" heights="200px"> File:A Lady Name 02.png| Magazine ad for the movie File:A Lady's Name 01.png| Magazine ad for the movie File:A Lady Name 04.png|Still from the movie File:A Lady's Name (1918) - 2.jpg|Still from the movie File:A Lady Name 05.png|Still from the movie File:A Lady's Name (1918) - 1.jpg|Still from the movie </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title |0009274|A Lady's Name}} * {{Cite web|title=The Norma Talmadge Website|url=https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/ConstancePage.htm|work=Stanford University|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}
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