Compromise (film)

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Directed by Alan Crosland
Written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. (scenario)
Based onCompromise
by Jay Gelzer
Starring Irene Rich
Clive Brook
Louise Fazenda
Cinematography David Abel
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 24, 1925 (1925-10-24)
Running time
7 reels
(6,789 feet)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

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]

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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

Preservation

With no prints of Compromise located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Compromise at silentera.com
  2. "Irene Rich stars in "Compromise"". The Times Dispatch. August 16, 1925. p. 31. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  3. 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. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 77 (1): 60. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Compromise