Happiness a la Mode

1919 film by Walter Edwards
  • Alice Eyton
  • Edwina LeVin
Produced byLewis J. SelznickStarring
  • Constance Talmadge
  • Harrison Ford
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Production
company
Selznick Pictures
Distributed bySelect Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)
Running time
50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Happiness a la Mode is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Harrison Ford and Constance Talmadge.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] young husband Richard Townsend finds that he is tired of his wife Barbara and has become infatuated with another woman. Barbara consents to give him a divorce and then determines to win him back within the three months that must elapse prior to the final decree of divorce. By clever ruses she manages to accomplish her purpose and the conclusion finds the pair happily married.

Cast

  • Constance Talmadge as Barbara Townsend
  • Harrison Ford as Richard Townsend
  • Betty Schade as Dorothy Mitchell
  • Myrtle Rishell as Eileen
  • Paul Weigel as Attorney Logan
  • Thomas Persse as Thompson
  • Al Fremont as Greenburg

References

  1. ^ Basinger p. 163
  2. ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Happiness a la Mode". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 43. 29 March 1924. Retrieved 25 October 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • Jeanine Basinger. Silent Stars. Wesleyan University Press, 2000.
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