Companionate Marriage

Companionate Marriage
Directed by	Erle C. Kenton
Written by	Beatrice Van Casey Robinson (intertitles)
Screenplay by	Wainwright Evans Ben B. Lindsey
Based on	Companionate Marriage by Wainwright Evans and Ben B. Lindsey
Produced by	Edward Small
Starring	Betty Bronson
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Production companies	CM Corporation Asher Small Rogers
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	October 21, 1928 (1928-10-21)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Companionate Marriage was a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Betty Bronson, and released by First National Pictures.[1]

The film was a collaboration between the company of Asher Small Rogers and Sam Sax.[2] It was banned by the New York State Censor.[3]

The title phrase had received great attention the previous year, with the publication of Ben B. Lindsey's book The Companionate Marriage.

Cast

• Betty Bronson as Sally Williams
• Alec B. Francis as Judge Meredith
• William Welsh as Mr. Williams
• Edward Martindel as James Moore
• Sarah Padden as Mrs. Williams
• Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Moore
• Richard Walling as Donald Moore
• Arthur Rankin as Tommy Van Cleve
• June Nash as Ruth Moore

Preservation

With no prints of Companionate Marriage located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

References

1. White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
2. Isabel Morse Jones (April 24, 1928). "THAMYRIS GROUP IS WARMLY RECEIVED: Trio of Resident Musicians Give Enjoyable Program at Beaux Arts". Los Angeles Times. p. A11.
3. "Lindsey Picture Is Banned by Censor". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1928. p. A11.
4. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Companionate Marriage
5. Companionate Marriage at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (misspelled Compassionate Marriage)

External links

• Companionate Marriage at IMDb
• Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans (1927), Companionate Marriage, New York City: Boni & Liveright