''Fifty-Fifty'' is a 1925 American silent

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starring

Hope Hampton Hope Hampton (Mae Elizabeth Hampton; February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982) was an American silent motion picture actress and producer, who was noted for her seemingly effortless incarnation of siren and flapper types in silent-picture roles ...

, Lionel Barrymore, and

Louise Glaum Louise Glaum (September 4, 1888 – November 25, 1970) was an American actress. Known for her roles as a vamp in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career ...

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and produced by Henri Diamant-Berger for the

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Encore Pictures, ''Fifty-Fifty'' is a remake of a 1916

Norma Talmadge Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most pop ...

film also titled '' Fifty-fifty'' that was directed by Allan Dwan, who wrote the original story. The film was exhibited the week of January 3, 1926, in Los Angeles, at th
Hillstreet Theatre
which featured both

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and movies.

Plot

American millionaire Frederick Harmon (played by Lionel Barrymore) is in Paris, France, for business and pleasure. While enjoying the Parisian night life, he meets and falls in love with Ginette (played by

), a fashion model who moonlights as an apache dancer in a nightclub. They marry and he returns to New York with her. When Harmon meets the urbane divorcee Nina Olmstead (played by

) he becomes involved in an affair. Ginette discovers her husband's infidelity and decides to win him back by going out with an old boyfriend, Jean (played by

Jean Del Val Jean Del Val (born Jean Jacques Gauthier; 17 November 1891 – 13 March 1975) was a French-born actor, also credited as Jean Gauthier and Jean Gautier. Career He played roles during the Hollywood silent era, beginning with ''The Fortunes of Fif ...

), a member of the Paris underworld. Nina schemes to end the marriage of the Harmons using the seeming romance between Ginette and Jean. Harmon learns of Nina's treachery and her attempt to estrange the couple fails. He realizes that Ginette was merely trying to make him jealous and that he completely trusts her loyalty to him. They are happily reconciled.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Fifty-Fifty'' located in any film archives,The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Fifty-Fifty''
/ref> it is a

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*
''Fifty-Fifty''
at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films *
''Fifty-Fifty'' Theatrical PosterLobby poster
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fifty-Fifty 1925 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1925 drama films Lost American films 1925 lost films Lost drama films Associated Exhibitors films Films set in Paris Films directed by Henri Diamant-Berger 1920s American films

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Cast

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