Life's Twist

Life's Twist
Life's Twist
	Contemporary advertisement, originally published in Film Daily.
Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Written by	Thomas Edgelow (story); Harvey Gates (scenario)
Produced by	Bessie Barriscale Productions
Starring	Bessie Barriscale; Walter McGrail; King Baggot
Cinematography	Eugene Gaudio
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation
Release date	August 11, 1920;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Life's Twist is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne with Bessie Barriscale in a dual role.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] following her marriage to Steven De Koven (McGrail), Muriel Chester (Barriscale) discovers his indifference towards her and the fact that she was bargained to him for social position by her ambitious parents. Unaware that he had refused a proffered financial settlement at the same time, she repulses his attempts to be agreeable and lives in independence of his companionship. He seeks to console himself with Tina Pierce (Barriscale), a young woman of the slums, and establishes her in luxury to find that he cannot, after all, be interested only in the wife for whom he realizes a belated affection. Despaired of untangling their problematic existence, he decides to go abroad, only to be deterred by the forgiving and understanding wife, whom Tina had made clear the situation between them.

Cast

Bessie Barriscale as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
Walter McGrail as Steven De Koven
King Baggot as Jim Sargent
Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Helen Sutton
George Periolat as Mr. Boyd Chester
Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Chester
William V. Mong as Charlie Moye
Marcia Manon as The Dope Fiend

Production

Twenty-three sets were built for the film at a reported cost of $25,000 (not including set dressing rooms).^[4]

Preservation

With no prints of Life's Twist located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[5]

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Life's Twist". silentera.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
↑ "Life's Twist". afi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
↑ "Reviews: Life's Twist". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 88. August 21, 1920.
↑ "Great Actress; Artistic Success." Southeast Missourian, November 27, 1920. Web, July 20, 2015
↑ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Life's Twist". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

External links

Life's Twist at IMDb

[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Life's Twist". silentera.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[afi-2] "Life's Twist". afi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

[3] "Reviews: Life's Twist". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 88. August 21, 1920.

[4] "Great Actress; Artistic Success." Southeast Missourian, November 27, 1920. Web, July 20, 2015

[American_Silent_Feature_Film_Database-5] "American Silent Feature Film Database: Life's Twist". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

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Films directed by Christy Cabanne
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1920s	Life's Twist (1920) The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920) Burnt Wings (1920) The Triflers (1920) The Stealers (1920) The Barricade (1921) What's a Wife Worth? (1921) Live and Let Live (1921) At the Stage Door (1921) Till We Meet Again (1922) Beyond the Rainbow (1922) Youth for Sale (1924) Lend Me Your Husband (1924) The Sixth Commandment (1924) The Spitfire (1924) Is Love Everything? (1925) The Midshipman (1925) The Masked Bride (1925) The Average Woman (1925) Monte Carlo (1925) Altars of Desire (1926) Annapolis (1928) Nameless Men (1928) Driftwood (1928) Restless Youth (1928) Conspiracy (1928)
1930s	The Dawn Trail (1930) Carne de Cabaret (1930) Convicted (1931) Graft (1931) Sky Raiders (1931) Hearts of Humanity (1931) The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) Western Limited (1932) The Unwritten Law (1932) The Midnight Patrol (1932) Hotel Continental (1932) The World Gone Mad (1932) Daring Daughters (1933) Midshipman Jack (1933) When Strangers Meet (1933) Money Means Nothing (1934) Jane Eyre (1934) A Girl of the Limberlost (1934) Storm Over the Andes (1934) Behind the Green Lights (1935) Storm Over the Andes (1935) Another Face (1935) One Frightened Night (1935) The Keeper of the Bees (1935) Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) The Last Outlaw (1936) It's Up to You (1936) Don't Tell the Wife (1936) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Criminal Lawyer (1937) Annapolis Salute (1937) You Can't Beat Love (1937) The Westland Case (1937) Night Spot (1937) Everybody's Doing It (1938) This Marriage Business (1938) Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1938) Tropic Fury (1939) Legion of Lost Flyers (1939) Man from Montreal (1939)
1940s	The Mummy's Hand (1940) Black Diamonds (1940) Danger on Wheels (1940) Hot Steel (1940) Alias the Deacon (1940) The Devil's Pipeline (1940) Scattergood Baines (1941) Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) Drums of the Congo (1942) Scattergood Rides High (1942) Timber (1942) Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) Top Sergeant (1942) Cinderella Swings It (1942) Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) Dixie Jamboree (1943) Sensation Hunters (1945) King of the Bandits (1945) Scared to Death (1947) Robin Hood of Monterey (1947) Silver Trails (1948) Back Trail (1948)