Life's Whirlpool (1917)
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.
- Date of release
- 1917-11-08
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Lionel Barrymore
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
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.
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