Happiness a la Mode

Happiness a la Mode
Happiness a la Mode
	Still with Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford
Directed by	Walter Edwards
Written by	Alice Eyton ; Edwina LeVin ;
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Constance Talmadge ; Harrison Ford ;
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Production; company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	June 15, 1919;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

Happiness a la Mode is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Harrison Ford and Constance Talmadge.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] young husband Richard Townsend finds that he is tired of his wife Barbara and has become infatuated with another woman. Barbara consents to give him a divorce and then determines to win him back within the three months that must elapse prior to the final decree of divorce. By clever ruses she manages to accomplish her purpose and the conclusion finds the pair happily married.

Cast

Constance Talmadge as Barbara Townsend
Harrison Ford as Richard Townsend
Betty Schade as Dorothy Mitchell
Myrtle Rishell as Eileen
Paul Weigel as Attorney Logan
Thomas Persse as Thompson
Al Fremont as Greenburg

References

↑ Basinger p. 163
↑ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Happiness a la Mode". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 43. March 29, 1924. Retrieved October 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

Jeanine Basinger. Silent Stars. Wesleyan University Press, 2000.

External links

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[1] Basinger p. 163

[2] "Tried and Proven Pictures: Happiness a la Mode". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 43. March 29, 1924. Retrieved October 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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