| A Chapter in Her Life | |
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| Directed by | Lois Weber |
| Written by | Clara Louise Burnham (novel Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life) Doris Schroeder Lois Weber (adaptation) |
| Starring | Claude Gillingwater Jane Mercer Jacqueline Gadsden Robert Frazer |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 17, 1923 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
A Chapter in Her Life (1923) is an American film based on the novel Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life by Clara Louise Burnham. The film was directed by Lois Weber. She had previously adapted the same novel as the 1915 film Jewel, which she co-directed (uncredited) with her then-husband and collaborator Phillips Smalley. Weber made this film shortly after her divorce from Smalley.
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Jewel (Mercer) is a young widow whose ambitions are stalled by loyalty to her grizzled, angry father-in-law. Anger and squabbling amongst the family are brought to heel through love, understanding and the teachings of Christian Science.[1]