Private Affairs (1925 film)
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Private Affairs
| image = Private Affairs (1925) - 2.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Renaud Hoffman
| producer = Renaud Hoffman
Gilbert Heyfron
| writer = Alfred A. Cohn
| based_on = {{basedon|"The Ledger of Life"|George Pattullo}}
| starring = Gladys Hulette
Mildred Harris
Robert Agnew
| music =
| cinematography = Jack MacKenzie
| editing =
| distributor = Producers Distributing Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1925|04|20}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Private Affairs is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman with Gladys Hulette, Robert Agnew, and Mildred Harris.Robert B. Connelly The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36 1998 Renaud Hoffman, lp, Gladys Hulette, Robert Agnew, Mildred Harris, David Butler The plot was based on a 1922 short story "The Ledger of Life" by George Patullo.Alan Goble The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film 3110951940- 1999 - Page 361 Private Affairs 1925 d: Renaud Hoffman. lps: Gladys Hulette, Robert Agnew, Mildred Harris. 6132f USA. prod/rel: Renaud Hoffman Productions, Producers Distributing Corp.The New York Times Film Reviews - Volume 1 - Page 265 1970 - "Gladys' Hulette Is named as the featured player, but what little dramatic action there Is centres around another character played by Mildred Harris. Both do well enough with roles In which the dramatist has not helped them very much..... with Mildred Harris. Gladys Hulatte. Betty Francisco, Robert Agnew. David Butler and others, directed by Renaud Hoffman ."[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PrivateAffairs1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Private Affairs] at silentera.com[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11467?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Private Affairs]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: Private Affairs |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=11 |pages=63 |date=6 June 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/1562/mode/1up |access-date=29 March 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Agnes Bomar, daughter of the postmaster of a small town, is admired by Fred Henley, who is bent upon a get-rich scheme. Amy Lufkin is admired by Lee Cross, who goes to work in the oil fields to increase his wealth. The postmaster dies and Agnes retains her position under her father's successor. Fred continues to plan to get rich overnight. Five years pass, and a packet of old letters is found at the post office. One letter tells Amy that Lee wishes her to return to him and marry him. However, Amy is now married to a young merchandiser. However, she now plans to leave her husband and their two babies and go to Lee. Another letter, five years old, tells Andy Gillespie that he has inherited a fortune. There are letters for everyone in town, adding to the turmoil. Into this state rides Lee in loud clothes and a rented automobile. His appearance is so shocking that Amy gives up all thought of returning to him, and presses her children to her bosom. Lee goes to the post office, finds Agnes, and is forcing his attentions on her when Fred appears. A fist fight ensues, and Lee, the loser, retreats in his rented car. Lee is offered a position on the condition that he take Agnes with it, and they both agree.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Gladys Hulette as Agnes Bomar
- Robert Agnew as Fred Henley
- Mildred Harris as Amy Lufkin
- David Butler as Lee Cross
- Arthur Hoyt as Alf Stacy
- Betty Francisco as Irma Stacy
- Willis Marks as Howard Bomar
- Charles Sellon as Joe Hines
- Hardee Kirkland as Andy Gillespie
- J. Frank Glendon as John Maddox
- Frank Coffyn as Ben Morse
- Charles W. Mack
}}
Preservation
With no prints of Private Affairs located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8453/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Private Affairs] it is a lost film.
References
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External links
{{commons category|Private Affairs (1925 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0016247|Private Affairs}}
{{Renaud Hoffman}}
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Renaud Hoffman
Category:1920s English-language films
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