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Fifty-Fifty (1925 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Fifty-Fifty' is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Hope Hampton, Lionel Barrymore, and Louise Glaum. Directed and produced by Henri Diamant-Berger for the production company Encore Pictures, 'Fifty-Fifty' is a remake of a 1916 Norma Talmadge film also titled 'Fifty-fifty' that was directed by Allan Dwan, who wrote the original story.
The film was exhibited the week of January 3, 1926, in Los Angeles, at the [http://sites.google.com/site/downtownlosangelestheatres/rko_hill_street Hillstreet Theatre],"Hillstreet Bill Offers Mind Genius." 'Los Angeles Times'. January 3, 1926. p. C 31. which featured both vaudeville and movies.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FiftyFifty1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Fifty-Fifty'] at silentera.com
Plot
American millionaire Frederick Harmon (played by Lionel Barrymore) is in Paris, France, for business and pleasure. While enjoying the Parisian night life, he meets and falls in love with Ginette (played by Hope Hampton), a fashion model who moonlights as an apache dancer in a nightclub.
They marry and he returns to New York with her. When Harmon meets the urbane divorcee Nina Olmstead (played by Louise Glaum) he becomes involved in an affair. Ginette discovers her husband's infidelity and decides to win him back by going out with an old boyfriend, Jean (played by Jean Del Val), a member of the Paris underworld.
Nina schemes to end the marriage of the Harmons using the seeming romance between Ginette and Jean. Harmon learns of Nina's treachery and her attempt to estrange the couple fails. He realizes that Ginette was merely trying to make him jealous and that he completely trusts her loyalty to him. They are happily reconciled.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of 'Fifty-Fifty' located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5189/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Fifty-Fifty'] it is a lost film.
See also
*Lionel Barrymore filmography
References
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