Playing with Souls

Playing with Souls
Playing with Souls
Directed by	Ralph Ince
Written by	Countess De Chambrun (story); C. Gardner Sullivan;
Starring	Jacqueline Logan; Mary Astor; Clive Brook;
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Production; company	Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	April 30, 1925;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Playing with Souls is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Mary Astor, and Clive Brook.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Matthew Hale and his irresponsible wife separate. Hale gives his wife control of their son until he is of age. She places him in a French school while she wanders about the continent, having a gay time. He is so lonely for her that he writes letters to himself. At twenty, forsaken of both parents, he leaves school and Margo, the young woman he loves, goes to Paris to find out about his father. The agent knows nothing and Matt decides to go to the dogs, falls a victim to Bricotte, a dancer in a cheap music hall. His father comes, unknown to Matt, wins Bricotte away from him. Out of funds, Matt forges his father’s name, and later jumping into the Seine. His father rescues him; they are reconciled and the young woman he loves comes to him.

Cast

Jacqueline Logan as Bricotte
Mary Astor as Margo
Belle Bennett as Amy Dale
Clive Brook as Matthew Dale Sr.
William Collier Jr. as Matthew Dale Jr.
Jessie Arnold as Louise
Marion Feducha as Matthew Dale Jr. - age 13
Helen Hoge as Matthew Dale Jr., age 4
Josef Swickard as Monsieur Jomier
Bernard Berger as Boy
Mathilde Comont as Brothel Worker
Louise Emmons as Undetermined Secondary Role
Kenneth Johnson as French Boy
Charles Hill Mailes as Undetermined Secondary Role

Preservation

With no prints of Playing with Souls located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3]

References

^ Goble p. 292
^ "New Pictures: Playing with Souls", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 48, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Playing with Souls

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Playing with Souls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Playing with Souls at IMDb

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[1] Goble p. 292

[2] "New Pictures: Playing with Souls", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 48, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021

[3] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Playing with Souls

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