| Fifty-Fifty | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Allan Dwan (original story) Robert Shirley (adaptation) |
| Starring | Norma Talmadge J. W. Johnston Marie Chambers |
| Studio | Fine Arts Film Company |
| Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 1916 |
| Running time | 55 min. (6-reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Fifty-Fifty is an American silent film drama directed by Allan Dwan whose story was adapted for the screen by Robert Shirley. The Fine Arts Film Company production was made under the aegis of Triangle Film Corporation which released it on October 22, 1916. The leading roles are played by Norma Talmadge, J. W. Johnston and Marie Chambers.[1]
The title, which refers to the community property division of marital assets in divorce proceedings, foretells the dissolution of the union between financially secure Frederick Harmon (J. W. Johnston) and Naomi (Norma Talmadge), a fun-loving uninhibited artist whom her Bohemian artist friends affectionately reference as "the Nut". The "other woman" (Marie Chambers), intent on misleading Harmon as to his wife's virtue and intentions completes the triangle. The matter comes up for a resolution in front of a wise and experienced family court judge. A same-titled silent remake, released nine years later, in November 1925, which made the leading lady a French apache dancer named Ginette, and set the story in Paris and New York, had a French director, Henri Diamant-Berger, and starred Hope Hampton, Lionel Barrymore and Louise Glaum.