Compromise is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros.[1] The film was based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Jay Gelzer.[2]
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Joan (Rich), a woman of high ideals, from cliildhood has had to play second fiddle to her selfish, pampered half-sister. Joan expects marriage to bring happiness and it does for a time, but Nathalie (Garon), the sister, true to form, schemes to win Joan's husband Alan (Brook) and succeeds, and, not content with this, arranges a surprise meeting to gloat over her conquest. Symbolic of the conflict between husband, wife and sister, there is a terrific cyclone which brings to Joan a realization of the truth of the theme and she forgives Alan.
Cast
- Irene Rich as Joan Trevore
- Clive Brook as Alan Thayer
- Louise Fazenda as Hilda
- Pauline Garon as Nathalie
- Raymond McKee as Cholly
- Helen Dunbar as Aunt Catherine
- Winter Hall as Joan's father
- Edward Martindel as Commodore Smithson
- Lynn Cowan as James
- Frank Butler as Ole
- Muriel Frances Dana as Nathalie, as a child
- Dorothy Seay as Joan Trevore, as a Child
- Annabelle Magnus as Little Girl (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of Compromise located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Compromise at silentera.com
- ^ "Irene Rich stars in "Compromise"". The Times Dispatch. August 16, 1925. p. 31. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Sewell, Charles S. (November 7, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Compromise; Cyclone Scene Furnishes Punch Climax for Film Featuring Irene Rich and Clive Brook". The Moving Picture World. 77 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 60. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Compromise
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