| Compromise | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Alan Crosland | 
| Written by | Edward T. Lowe, Jr. (scenario) | 
| Based on | Compromise by Jay Gelzer  | 
| Starring | Irene Rich Clive Brook Louise Fazenda  | 
| Cinematography | David Abel | 
Production company  | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 7 reels (6,789 feet)  | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | Silent (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.
See also
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. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 77 (1): 60. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
 - ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Compromise
 
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