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Mismates
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 2104 metres
Directed by Charles Brabin
Cast: Doris Kenyon [Judy Winslow], Warner Baxter [Ted Carroll], May Allison [Belle], Philo McCullough [Jim Winslow], Charles Murray [Black], Maude Turner Gordon [Mrs. Winslow], John Kolb [Watson], Cyril Ring [Helwig], Nancy Kelly [Jimsy], Betty Byrne
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Supervising producer, Earl Hudson. Scenario by Sada Cowan, from a play by Myron C. Fagan. / Released 26 July 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Austria in 1927, and in Germany in 1928.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From First National promotional materials] “Mismates” is the story of a wealthy youth who, against his mother’s wishes, marries a poor girl and is disowned. At first determined to support himself and his wife, he soon craves the accustomed luxury and deserts his wife and child. On false information provided by the boy’s mother and substantiated by himself the wife is sent to jail and the child kidnapped by the husband. From then on to the finish “Mismates” grows into drama by leaps and bounds as the wife escapes from prison, comes to the bedside of her dying child and is saved at last by the generous offices of a brilliant young lawyer whom she rewards at last with her true love.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 November 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
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