If Marriage Fails
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If Marriage Fails is a 1925 film directed by John Ince
and written by C. Gardner Sullivan
. In the film, a young woman (played by Belle Bennett
is married to a wealthy man (played by Clive Brook. The young woman has an affair with another man but becomes jealous when her husband befriends a fortune teller (played by Jacqueline Logan
). The marriage ends in divorce, and the wealthy man marries the fortune teller.
John Ince (actor)
thumb|John Ince in 1915John Ince, also known as John E. Ince, was an American stage and motion pictures actor, a film director, and the eldest brother of Thomas and Ralph Ince. A leading man from the early 1910s, he also directed and scripted several of his own vehicles...
and written by C. Gardner Sullivan
C. Gardner Sullivan
C. Gardner Sullivan was an American screenwriter and motion picture producer. He was a prolific writer with more than 350 films among his credits. In 1924, the magazine Story World selected him on a list of the ten individuals who had contributed the most to the advancement of the motion picture...
. In the film, a young woman (played by Belle Bennett
Belle Bennett
Belle Bennett was a stage and screen actress who started her professional career in vaudeville. She was born in Milaca, Minnesota.-Stage actress:...
is married to a wealthy man (played by Clive Brook. The young woman has an affair with another man but becomes jealous when her husband befriends a fortune teller (played by Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht The Oneida in 1924 when film director Thomas Ince died. The young actress was under contract to Ince at the time. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. She was born in Corsicana, Texas...
). The marriage ends in divorce, and the wealthy man marries the fortune teller.