Life's Whirlpool
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Life's Whirlpool a 1917 silent film written and directed by Lionel Barrymore
with his sister Ethel Barrymore
as the star. This is the brother and sister's only collaboration on a silent film as director and star. This film shouldn't be confused with McTeague
which was known under a similar title Life's a Whirlpool, an early telling of Frank Norris's McTeague
which was in 1923 turned into a multi reel opus by Eric von Stroheim. The Lionel Barrymore directed film was produced by B. A. Rolfe and released through Metro Pictures
. Lionel Barrymore would return for a short time to directing films in the early sound era. This is a lost
film.
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
with his sister Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.-Early life:Ethel Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew...
as the star. This is the brother and sister's only collaboration on a silent film as director and star. This film shouldn't be confused with McTeague
McTeague (film)
McTeague is a 1916 silent film drama, the first filming of Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague. The stars of the film were Holbrook Blinn and Fania Marinoff whose roles were played seven years later by Gibson Gowland and Zasu Pitts in Eric von Stroheim's notorious opus Greed, originally 9 hrs...
which was known under a similar title Life's a Whirlpool, an early telling of Frank Norris's McTeague
McTeague
McTeague is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty, violence and finally murder as the result of jealousy and avarice...
which was in 1923 turned into a multi reel opus by Eric von Stroheim. The Lionel Barrymore directed film was produced by B. A. Rolfe and released through Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in late 1915 by Richard A. Rowland . Louis B. Mayer who worked for Metro Pictures Corporation early on. It is not to be confused with MGM which is a much later franchise concerning itself, Goldwyn and Louis B....
. Lionel Barrymore would return for a short time to directing films in the early sound era. This is a lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
film.
Cast
- Ethel BarrymoreEthel BarrymoreEthel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.-Early life:Ethel Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew...
- Esther Carey - Paul Everton - B.J. Hendrix
- Alan HaleAlan Hale, Sr.Alan Hale, Sr. was an American movie actor and director, most widely remembered for his many supporting character roles, in particular as frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn. His wife of over thirty years was Gretchen Hartman , a child actress and silent film player and mother of their three children...
- Dr. Henry Grey - Reginald Carrington - John martin
- Ricca AllenRicca AllenRicca Allen was a Canadian stage and film actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1941.She was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Ruth Martin - Frank Leigh - Dirk Kansket
- Walter HiersWalter HiersWalter Hiers Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (18 July 1893 Cordele, Georgia, USA - 27 February 1933 Los Angeles, California, USA was an American silent film actor who died from pneumonia aged 39. In his twenty year career spanning from 1912 to 1932 he starred in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific...
- Fatty Holmes - Harvey Bogart - Ezra Craddock