''Headlines'' is a 1925 American silent adventure and

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directed by

Edward H. Griffith Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975)F ...

and starring

Alice Joyce Alice Joyce Brown ( Joyce; October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film '' The Green Goddess'' and its 1930 remake of ...

and

Malcolm McGregor Malcolm McGregor (October 13, 1892 – April 29, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. McGregor appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1936. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Hollywood, California. A cross bet ...

. It was distributed through

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Phyllis Dale is a young widowed author and newspaper writer, respected and admired by Lawrence Emmett. Bobby, her young

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daughter, has an interesting “line” that she uses on all men. When she tries it on Emmett, he whims her. Phyllis thinks Bobby has supplanted her in his affections and decides to step aside in Bobby’s interest. Soon after, Bobby innocently steps in for a moment to the apartment of one of her loose-moraled friends. His wife is looking for a

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in her forthcoming divorce proceedings. Phyllis accidentally learns where Bobby is and hastens to the apartment, only to become enmeshed herself. Bobby, thoroughly and sincerely conscience-stricken by the turn of affairs and realizing how much her mother was willing to sacrifice for her, vindicates Phyllis in the eyes of Emmett, who has followed her to the apartment, and marries the editor of the local newspaper who has suppressed the scandalous headlines.

Cast

as Phyllis Dale *

as Lawrence Emmett *

Virginia Lee Corbin Virginia Lee Corbin (December 5, 1910 – June 4, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Early years Corbin was born Laverne Virginia Corbin in Prescott, Arizona to Leon Ernest Corbin and Virginia Frances (Cox) Corbin, and she had a siste ...

as Bobby Dale *

Harry T. Morey Harry Temple Morey (August 21, 1873 – January 24, 1936) was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career. Biography Born in Charlotte, Michigan, Morey had two brothers. Their mother was Addie C. ...

as Donald Austin * Ruby Blaine as Stella Austin *

Elliott Nugent Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896 – August 9, 1980) was an American actor, playwright, writer, and film director. Biography Nugent was born in Dover, Ohio, the son of actor J.C. Nugent. He successfully made the transition from silent film ...

as Roger Hillman

Preservation

Prints of ''Headlines'' survive in the

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and

EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t ...

. ''Headlines''
at the Alice Joyce Website by Greta deGroat; Stanford University

References

External links

* * 1925 films American silent feature films Films directed by Edward H. Griffith American black-and-white films American adventure drama films 1925 crime drama films American crime drama films 1920s adventure drama films Associated Exhibitors films 1920s American films Silent American drama films Silent adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub