Directed by Christy Cabanne Director Christy Cabanne | Initial release 1920 Cinematography Eugene Gaudio | |
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Produced by Bessie Barriscale Productions Written by Thomas Edgelow
(story)
Harvey Gates
(scenario) Starring Bessie Barriscale
Walter McGrail
King Baggot Distributed by Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. Release date August 11, 1920 (1920-08-11) Cast Bessie Barriscale, King Baggot, Walter McGrail Similar Double Trouble, Sold for Marriage, The World Gone Mad, Robin Hood of Monterey, The Man Who Walked A | ||
Life's Twist is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne with Bessie Barriscale in a dual role. With a survival status classified as unknown, it is likely a lost film.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, 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.
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Production
Twenty-three sets were built for the film at a reported cost of $25,000 (not including set dressing).