In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who reluctantly takes a better position at a country lodge as a maid. In this woodland community, she attends church and the path to Salvation becomes clear to her. Through Mary's faith, the injured folk of the countryside are healed. However, her old employer, whose lustful advances she'd previously spurned, still has designs on her.
Jeanne Eagels
as Mary - A Woman of the Streets
Thomas A. Curran
as James Palmer
Grace DeCarlton
as Mrs. Jim Rollins/ Bayliss
Wayne Arey
as Jim Rollins/ Bayliss
Boyd Marshall
as The Man/ Harry Bradley
Carey L. Hastings
as Anna Graham
Ethelmary Oakland
as Sunny
