New Lives for Old
1925 film
- February 22, 1925 (1925-02-22)
Running time
New Lives for Old is a 1925 American silent drama film that was produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by Clarence G. Badger, and starred Betty Compson.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Olympe (Compson), a famous dancer, throws herself into the service of France when her country calls during World War I. She saves an American battalion from destruction when their plans are disclosed to German spies. She is wrongly judged for her work and is disgraced in the eyes of her audience. Having sacrificed her reputation for her country, she marries an American army officer and they sail for the United States.
Cast
- Betty Compson as Olympe
- Wallace MacDonald as Hugh Warren
- Theodore Kosloff as De Montinbard
- Sheldon Lewis as Pugin
- Jack Joyce as Jean Bertaut
- Margaret Seddon as Widow Turrene
- Joseph J. Dowling as Senator Warren
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Warren
- Gale Henry as Berthe
- Marvel Quivey as Nancy
- Ed Faust as Cafe Manager
Preservation
With no prints of New Lives for Old located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: New Lives for Old
- ^ "New Pictures: New Lives for Old", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (1): 49, March 28, 1925, retrieved December 26, 2021
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: New Lives for Old
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: New Lives for Old Archived June 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at silentera.com
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Lives for Old.
- New Lives for Old at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Still with Betty Compson and Margaret Seddon at silentfilmstillarchive.com
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Films directed by Clarence G. Badger
- A Social Cub (1916)
- The Danger Girl (1916)
- Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
- The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
- Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
- Whose Baby? (1917)
- The Sultan's Wife (1917)
- The Pullman Bride (1917)
- The Venus Model (1918)
- The Kingdom of Youth (1918)
- Sis Hopkins (1919)
- Through the Wrong Door (1919)
- Almost a Husband (1919)
- Jubilo (1919)
- Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)
- The Strange Boarder (1920)
- The Man Who Lost Himself (1920)
- Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
- Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920)
- Honest Hutch (1920)
- Guile of Women (1921)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1921)
- An Unwilling Hero (1921)
- Doubling for Romeo (1921)
- A Poor Relation (1921)
- The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
- Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
- Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
- Red Lights (1923)
- Your Friend and Mine (1923)
- Painted People (1924)
- The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924)
- One Night in Rome (1924)
- New Lives for Old (1925)
- Eve's Secret (1925)
- Paths to Paradise (1925)
- The Golden Princess (1925)
- Hands Up! (1926)
- Miss Brewster's Millions (1926)
- The Rainmaker (1926)
- The Campus Flirt (1926)
- It (1927)
- A Kiss in a Taxi (1927)
- Senorita (1927)
- Man Power (1927)
- Swim Girl, Swim (1927)
- She's a Sheik (1927)
- Red Hair (1928)
- The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928)
- Hot News (1928)
- Three Week-Ends (1928)
- Paris (1929)
- No, No, Nanette (1930)
- Murder Will Out (1930)
- Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
- The Bad Man (1930)
- The Hot Heiress (1931)
- Woman Hungry (1931)
- Party Husband (1931)
- When Strangers Marry (1933)
- Rangle River (1936)
- That Certain Something (1941)
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