The Better Half (film)

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The Better Half

Directed by	John S. Robertson
Written by	Miriam Michelson (novel) Louis Sherwin
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Alice Brady David Powell Crauford Kent
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Production company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Selznick Pictures
Release date	September 1918 (1918-09)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Better Half is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Alice Brady, David Powell and Crauford Kent.^[1]

Plot summary

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Louise and Trixie Thorley are twins, one is kind-hearted and the other selfish. Although Louise loves Michael Thwaite, he is dazzled by the pampered Trixie and marries her. Trixie soon tires of Michael and departs for Europe with Hendrick Thurston, "an idler." The night she leaves him, Michael is attacked by thugs and loses his sight. To spare his feelings, Louise tends to him posing as Trixie. When Trixie returns, the twins argue, and Trixie kills herself in a fit of remorse. Michael finally regains his sight and, realizing Louise's love, marries her.

Cast

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Alice Brady as Louise / Beatrix Thorley
David Powell as Michael Thwaite
Crauford Kent as Hendrick Thurston
William T. Carleton as Judge Thorley
Isabel O'Madigan as Mrs. Corlandt
Richard Allen as Doctor

References

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^ Connelly p.322

Bibliography

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Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

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The Better Half at IMDb

Films directed by John S. Robertson

Love and Trout (1916)
The Thorn and the Rose (1916)
Getting By (1916)
Trouble for Four (1916)
Justice a la Carte (1916)
The Meeting (1917)
Intrigue (1917)
The Money Mill (1917)
Vanity and Some Sables (1917)
A Service of Love (1917)
Baby Mine (1917)
The Bottom of the Well (1917)
The Menace (1918)
The Better Half (1918)
The Girl of Today (1918)
The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
Little Miss Hoover (1918)
Here Comes the Bride (1919)
The Test of Honor (1919)
Let's Elope (1919)
Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
The Misleading Widow (1919)
Sadie Love (1919)
Erstwhile Susan (1919)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
A Dark Lantern (1920)
39 East (1920)
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
The Magic Cup (1921)
Footlights (1921)
Love's Boomerang (1922)
The Spanish Jade (1922)
Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
The Fighting Blade (1923)
Twenty-One (1923)
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
Classmates (1924)
New Toys (1925)
Soul-Fire (1925)
Shore Leave (1925)
Annie Laurie (1927)
Captain Salvation (1927)
The Road to Romance (1927)
The Single Standard (1929)
Shanghai Lady (1929)
Night Ride (1930)
Captain of the Guard (1930)
Madonna of the Streets (1930)
Beyond Victory (1931)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Little Orphan Annie (1932)
One Man's Journey (1933)
The Crime Doctor (1934)
His Greatest Gamble (1934)
Wednesday's Child (1934)
Grand Old Girl (1934)
Captain Hurricane (1935)
Our Little Girl (1935)

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