Life's Whirlpool (1917)
50m
Running Time
November 8, 1917Release Date
Plot.
Ethel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all but forces her to seek solace in the arms of her former sweetheart (played by Alan Hale in his leading-man period). Their clandestine relationship finally comes out in the open when the nasty husband is killed by his irate tenants.
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Cast & Crew.
Ethel Barrymore
Esther Carey
Alan Hale
Dr. Henry Grey
Paul Everton
B.J. Hendrix
Ricca Allen
Ruth Martin
Reginald Carrington
John Martin
Frank Leigh
Dirk Kanset
Walter Hiers
Fatty Holmes
Harvey Bogart
Ezra Craddock
Details.
Wiki.
Life's Whirlpool is a 1917 American silent drama film written and directed by Lionel Barrymore with his sister Ethel Barrymore as the star. This is the brother and sister's only collaboration on a silent film as director and star.
This film should not be confused with Life's Whirlpool (also known as McTeague), the first film adaptation of Frank Norris's McTeague.
The Lionel Barrymore directed film was produced by B. A. Rolfe and released through Metro Pictures. Barrymore would return for a short time to directing films in the early sound era. This is now considered to be a lost film.