Soul Mates (1925 film)

Soul Mates
Soul Mates
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Directed by	Jack Conway
Written by	Joseph Farnham; Carey Wilson
Based on	The Reason Why; by Elinor Glyn
Starring	Aileen Pringle
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	James C. McKay
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 20, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Soul Mates is a surviving 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway, based on the 1911 novel The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn.^[1]^[2] The movie was the second successful collaboration between Glyn and Conway.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director James Basevi.

Plot

Velma is a good little rich girl whose indomitable uncle orders her to wed Lord Tancred, a man she has never met. The same day, she becomes infatuated by a man she meets on the street, not knowing that it is Lord Tancred. When she finds out about his true identity, she becomes convinced he wants to marry her for monetary reasons. She feels betrayed and refuses to speak to him, until she makes an unusual discovery.^[4]

Cast

Aileen Pringle as Velma
Edmund Lowe as Lord Tancred
Phillips Smalley as Markrute
Tony D'Algy as Velma's brother
Edythe Chapman as Tancred's mother
Mary Hawes as Velma's maid
Catherine Bennett as Dolly
Lucien Littlefield as Stevens
Ned Sparks as Tancred's chauffeur

Preservation status

Soul Mates was saved by MGM with a preservation print, probably located at the George Eastman House.^[5]

References

^ Screenplay Info for Soul Mates (1925), Turner Classic Movies
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Soul Mates at silentera.com
^ Eames, John Douglas (1981), The MGM Story, p. 21
^ Review summary, The New York Times
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Soul Mates

External links

Soul Mates at IMDb
Still at silenthollywood.com

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[1] Screenplay Info for Soul Mates (1925), Turner Classic Movies

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Soul Mates at silentera.com

[3] Eames, John Douglas (1981), The MGM Story, p. 21

[4] Review summary, The New York Times

[5] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Soul Mates

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