Flattery (film)

Flattery
Directed by	Tom Forman
Written by	H.H. Van Loan
Starring	John Bowers Marguerite De La Motte Alan Hale
Cinematography	King D. Gray Harry Perry
Production company	Mission Film Corporation
Distributed by	Chadwick Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1925 (1925-02-15)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Flattery is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Alan Hale.[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Reginald Mallory (Bowers) has been susceptible to flattery since youth. Politicians make him city engineer so that they may have a “goat,” and he is wheedled into signing a contract without reading it. All lose faith in Mallory except Betty Biddle (De La Motte), his sweetheart, daughter of the president of a construction company. Mallory apparently plays the game and turns crooked, but in the end it is discovered that he has been obtaining evidence against the crooks.

Cast

• John Bowers as Reginald Mallory
• Marguerite De La Motte as Betty Biddle
• Alan Hale as Arthur Barrington
• Grace Darmond as Allene King
• Edwards Davis as John Biddle
• Louis Morrison as Mayor
• Larry Steers as District Attorney
• Newton Hall (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Flattery located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Munden p. 253
2. Smith, Sumner (November 8, 1924). "Flattery; Excellent Acting and Smashing Climax Feature Chadwick Production". The Moving Picture World. 71 (2). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 173. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Flattery

Bibliography

• 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

• Flattery at IMDb