Compromise (film)

1925 film by Alan Crosland

October 24, 1925 (1925-10-24)

Running time

7 reels
(6,789 feet)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (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]

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.

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