Life's Twist
{{short description|1920 film by Christy Cabanne}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{infobox film
| name = Life's Twist
| image = Bessie_Barriscale_in_Life's_Twist_by_William_Christy_Cabanne_Film_Daily_1920.png
| caption = Contemporary advertisement, originally published in Film Daily.
| director = Christy Cabanne
| producer = Bessie Barriscale Productions
| writer = Thomas Edgelow (story)
Harvey Gates (scenario)
| starring = Bessie Barriscale
Walter McGrail
King Baggot
| music =
| cinematography = Eugene Gaudio
| editing =
| distributor = Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1920|8|11}}
| runtime = 6 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Life's Twist is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne with Bessie Barriscale in a dual role.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LifesTwist1920.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Life's Twist |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=silentera.com}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/17778-LIFES-TWIST |title=Life's Twist |work=afi.com |access-date=March 29, 2024}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Life's Twist |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=11 |issue=8 |page=88 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=August 21, 1920 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald11exhi}} following her marriage to Steven De Koven (McGrail), Muriel Chester (Barriscale) discovers his indifference towards her and the fact that she was bargained to him for social position by her ambitious parents. Unaware that he had refused a proffered financial settlement at the same time, she repulses his attempts to be agreeable and lives in independence of his companionship. He seeks to console himself with Tina Pierce (Barriscale), a young woman of the slums, and establishes her in luxury to find that he cannot, after all, be interested only in the wife for whom he realizes a belated affection. Despaired of untangling their problematic existence, he decides to go abroad, only to be deterred by the forgiving and understanding wife, whom Tina had made clear the situation between them.
Cast
- Bessie Barriscale as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
- Walter McGrail as Steven De Koven
- King Baggot as Jim Sargent
- Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Helen Sutton
- George Periolat as Mr. Boyd Chester
- Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Chester
- William V. Mong as Charlie Moye
- Marcia Manon as The Dope Fiend
Production
Twenty-three sets were built for the film at a reported cost of $25,000 (not including set dressing rooms)."Great Actress; Artistic Success." Southeast Missourian, November 27, 1920. Web, July 20, 2015
Preservation
With no prints of Life's Twist located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6879/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: Life's Twist |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Life's Twist}}
- {{IMDb title|0011402}}
{{Christy Cabanne}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:Films directed by Christy Cabanne
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:English-language drama films
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