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A lost cyclone of scandal: sister-on-sister whipping and 500 fleeing bodies you'll never see.
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Compromise (1925)

melodramatic chaospre-Code savagerylost media mystery

Overview

Drama

Compromise is a silent film drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Alan Crosland. The film is now thought to be a lost film.

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Content warning
moral ruin of small townssisterhood as violencenature as divine punishment

Standout Aspects

Direction

Crosland orchestrating mass panic before his Jazz Singer breakthrough.

Production

Cyclone destruction on a Warner Bros budget—staggering for 1925.

Best for:Solo: contemplating cinema ghosts that vanished into nitrate smoke.
Heads up:Violence: Graphic horsewhipping between sisters, played for scandalous spectacle.·Disturbing: Mass casualty disaster imagery with bodies in panicked flight.
Alan Crosland

Director

Alan Crosland

ReleasedOct 24, 1925
Runtime1h 10m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Warner Bros. Pictures

Top Cast

Irene Rich

Irene Rich

Joan Trevore

Clive Brook

Clive Brook

Alan Tahyer

Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda

Hilda

Pauline Garon

Pauline Garon

Nathalie

Raymond McKee

Raymond McKee

Cholly

Helen Dunbar

Helen Dunbar

Aunt Catherine

Winter Hall

Winter Hall

Joan's Father

Edward Martindel

Edward Martindel

Commodore Smithson

Muriel Frances Dana

Muriel Frances Dana

Nathalie, as a Child

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

No known prints survive; the film exists only in this fever-dream tagline and a few production stills.

Cultural

This was peak 'women's suffering' exploitation cinema before the Hays Code sanitized sisterly violence into pillow fights.

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