Their Compact
{{short description|1917 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Their Compact
| image = Their Compact lobby card 1917.jpg
| caption =
| director = Edwin Carewe
| studio = Metro Pictures
| writer = Charles A. Logue (story)
Albert S. Le Vino (scenario)
| starring = Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
| cinematography = R. J. Bergquist
| distributor = Metro Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1917|9|17}}
| runtime = 7 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
}}
Their Compact is a 1917 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Edwin Carewe. The film stars Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, a popular romantic screen duo at the time.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Their Compact |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=14 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |date=September 29, 1917 |location=New York |pages=27–28 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi}} Jim (Bushman) goes west to forget an affair with a vivacious but heartless eastern girl. He is wounded by a gang of toughs who try to scare him away from his mine, and Mollie (Bayne) nurses him until he recovers. Verda (Adams), his former sweetheart, comes west as the wife of his chum Bob (Mortimer). While Bob places his wife in Jim's care and leaves on a business trip, Verda plans to run away with the leader of the thugs, who has stolen the gold from Jim's mine. However, the early return of Jim frustrates her plans, so she accuses Jim of insulting her. Bob then swears that he will kill Jim, but is shot by the gang leader. Verda and the gangster leave, but Jim overtakes them and brings Verda back to her dying husband. She is then driven out of town, and Jim and Mollie have a happy reunion.
Cast
- Francis X. Bushman - James Van Dyke Moore
- Beverly Bayne - Mollie Anderson
- Henry Mortimer - Robert Forrest
- Harry S. Northrup - 'Ace High' Norton
- Mildred Adams - Verda Forrest
- Robert Chandler - 'Pop' Anderson
- John Smiley - Peters
- Thomas Delmar - 'Pay Dirt' Thompson
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Their Compact was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors directed that two shooting scenes at the cabin during a fight be cut.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=15 |page=33 |date=October 6, 1917 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald05exhi#page/n730/mode/1up}}
Preservation
With no prints of Their Compact located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9767/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Their Compact][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TheirCompact1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: Their Compact] at silentera.com
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0008668|title=Their Compact}}
- Lobby cards for the film: [http://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-Metro-Their-Compact-Francis-X-Bushman-Beverly-Bayne-Carewe-director-/380476793386?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58962f222a #1], [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t4bq5Z7usOY/T7ob1ECWYqI/AAAAAAAADeA/M_7iVzyZjk0/s1600/theircompact_cb5d0.jpg #2]
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Category:1917 Western (genre) films
Category:Lost American Western (genre) films
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films directed by Edwin Carewe
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films