Soul Mates (1925 film) explained

Soul Mates
Director:Jack Conway
Starring:Aileen Pringle
Cinematography:Oliver T. Marsh
Editing:James C. McKay
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: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

Preservation status

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=1499&category=Screenplay%20Info Screenplay Info for Soul Mates (1925)
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SoulMates1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Soul Mates
  3. Eames, John Douglas (1981), The MGM Story, p. 21
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010710/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/111128/Soul-Mates/overview Review summary
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrss.sfdb.2782/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Soul Mates