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Friendly Enemies (1925 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Friendly Enemies' is a 1925 American silent comedy thriller film directed by George Melford and starring Joe Weber, Lew Fields and Virginia Brown Faire. It is based on a 1918 play of the same title, and was part of a cluster of World War I-themed films released during the mid-1920s.Solomon p. 83[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FriendlyEnemies1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Friendly Enemies'] at silentera.com It was remade as a sound film 'Friendly Enemies' in 1942.
Synopsis
Two German immigrants have grown prosperous in the United States. However, when World War I breaks out Carl Pfeiffer remains sympathetic to the German Empire, even after America has entered the war. While his friend is steadfastly loyal to America, Pfeiffer provides funds and assistance to a German espionage ring. He unwittingly helps them plan to sabotage a troopship on which his own son is travelling to Europe to fight the Western Front. Pfeiffer has a dramatic change of heart and with the help of his friend and the American intelligence services he thwarts the plan and rounds up the enemy spy ring.
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Preservation
With no prints of 'Friendly Enemies' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5477/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Friendly Enemies'] it is a lost film.
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Bibliography
* Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. 'The Great Spy Pictures'. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
* Solomon, Aubrey. 'The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography'. McFarland, 2011.
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