Companionate Marriage Explained

Companionate Marriage
Director:	Erle C. Kenton
Producer:	Edward Small
Screenplay:	Wainwright Evans Ben B. Lindsey
Starring:	Betty Bronson
Cinematography:	Ray June
Editing:	W. Donn Hayes
Studio:	CM Corporation Asher Small Rogers
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Companionate Marriage was a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Betty Bronson, and released by First National Pictures.^[1]

The film was a collaboration between the company of Asher Small Rogers and Sam Sax.^[2] It was banned by the New York State Censor.^[3]

Cast

• Betty Bronson as Sally Williams
• Alec B. Francis as Judge Meredith
• William Welsh as Mr. Williams
• Edward Martindel as James Moore
• Sarah Padden as Mrs. Williams
• Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Moore
• Richard Walling as Donald Moore
• Arthur Rankin as Tommy Van Cleve
• June Nash as Ruth Moore

Preservation

With no prints of Companionate Marriage located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

External links

• • • Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans (1927), Companionate Marriage, New York City: Boni & Liveright

Notes and References

1. Book: White Munden, Kenneth. The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930, Part 1. 1997. University of California Press. 0-520-20969-9. 142.
2. News: THAMYRIS GROUP IS WARMLY RECEIVED: Trio of Resident Musicians Give Enjoyable Program at Beaux Arts. Isabel Morse Jones. Isabel Morse Jones. Los Angeles Times. April 24, 1928. A11.
3. News: Lindsey Picture Is Banned by Censor. Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1928. A11.
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4397/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Companionate Marriage
5. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Companionate Marriage at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1928