The Marriage Whirl

The Marriage Whirl is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Bradley King. It is based on the 1922 play The National Anthem by J. Hartley Manners. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Kenneth Harlan, Harrison Ford, E. J. Ratcliffe, Charles Willis Lane, Edgar Norton, and Nita Naldi. The film was released on July 19, 1925, by First National Pictures.[1][2][3]

The Marriage Whirl
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Directed byAlfred Santell
Screenplay byBradley King
Based onThe National Anthem
by J. Hartley Manners
StarringCorinne Griffith
Kenneth Harlan
Harrison Ford
E. J. Ratcliffe
Charles Willis Lane
Edgar Norton
Nita Naldi
CinematographyTed McCord
Edited byCyril Gardner
Production
company
Corinne Griffith Productions
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • July 19, 1925 (1925-07-19)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] Marian Hale marries Arthur Carleton, the "life of many parties," to reform him. He behaves until his friends surprise him at his home one night a little party where both he and his bride are affected with liquor. A good friend of hers is Tom Carrol. Marion and Arthur go to a monotonous little French town where they stay for a few weeks. He then persuades her to move to Paris. There they are thrown among a continuous round of drinking parties. Arthur has an open affair with the dancer Toinette, who persuades him to go to the apartment. Marion's presence is unknown until she breaks into their love scene and orders them away. She then reaches for a headache tablet but swallows poison by mistake. Knowing that he is in town, she calls Tom frantically. While waiting for him to come, she is so annoyed by a jazz orchestra that she walks into the ballroom to ask to have it stopped when she falls in a faint. The doctor treats her while word comes that her husband and the dancer have had an accident in which her husband has died. When Tom arrives, he proposes and she accepts.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Marriage Whirl located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References
  1. "The Marriage Whirl (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  2. Janiss Garza. "Marriage Whirl (1925) - Alfred Santell". AllMovie. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. "The Marriage Whirl". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  4. "New Pictures: The Marriage Whirl", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 22 (5): 57, July 25, 1925, retrieved June 30, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Marriage Whirl
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