| ~Friendly Enemies~ 1925 |
| ~B-16: Virginia Brown Faire & Louis Fields~ |
| ~B-19: Joe Weber & Eugenie Besserer~ |
| ~B-24: Eugenie Besserer~ |
| ~B-47: Louis Fields & Joe Weber~ |
| ~B-52: Nora Hayden & Johnny Fox~ |
| ~B-60: Lucille Lee Stewart & Eugenie Besserer~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
The comedy duo of Lew Fields and Joe Weber had parted ways for several years when they teamed
up once again for this picture, based on the 1917 play by Samuel Shipman and Aaron Hoffman. As
youths, Carl Pfeiffer (Fields) and Henry Block (Weber) came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer
became a wholesale shoe dealer, while Block became a banker. In spite of their lines of work, they
apparently save most oftheir energy for their unending arguments with each other. The latest
dispute involves the Great War (the film takes place in the days just before America became
involved). Block is completely patriotic towards his new country, while Pfeiffer wavers between
Germany and the U.S. When his son, William (Jack Mulhall), decides to enlist, Pfeiffer is upset. He
wants to keep the soldiers from going overseas, so he gives money to a fund run by Miller (Stuart
Holmes) for that purpose. What he doesn't realize is that Miller is a spy, and he uses the money to
sink the transport that is taking the soldiers to Europe. Pfeiffer is grief-stricken when he realizes he
helped kill his own son -- but then William reappears, unharmed. As a result, Pfeiffer teams up with
Block, who has joined the secret service, and Hilda Schwartz, another secret service agent (Lucille
Lee Stewart), to capture Miller. William marries Block's daughter, June (Virginia Brown Faire), and
their fathers go on to new quarrels.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
up once again for this picture, based on the 1917 play by Samuel Shipman and Aaron Hoffman. As
youths, Carl Pfeiffer (Fields) and Henry Block (Weber) came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer
became a wholesale shoe dealer, while Block became a banker. In spite of their lines of work, they
apparently save most oftheir energy for their unending arguments with each other. The latest
dispute involves the Great War (the film takes place in the days just before America became
involved). Block is completely patriotic towards his new country, while Pfeiffer wavers between
Germany and the U.S. When his son, William (Jack Mulhall), decides to enlist, Pfeiffer is upset. He
wants to keep the soldiers from going overseas, so he gives money to a fund run by Miller (Stuart
Holmes) for that purpose. What he doesn't realize is that Miller is a spy, and he uses the money to
sink the transport that is taking the soldiers to Europe. Pfeiffer is grief-stricken when he realizes he
helped kill his own son -- but then William reappears, unharmed. As a result, Pfeiffer teams up with
Block, who has joined the secret service, and Hilda Schwartz, another secret service agent (Lucille
Lee Stewart), to capture Miller. William marries Block's daughter, June (Virginia Brown Faire), and
their fathers go on to new quarrels.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
| Directed by: George Melford Written by: Alfred A. Cohn - Scene and titles Josephine Quirk - Adaptation Based on the play Friendly Enemies by Samuel Shipman and Aaron Hoffman (New York, 22 Jul 1918). |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Belasco Productions Distribution Company: Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC) Produced by: David Belasco Cinematography by: Charles G. Clarke Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 70 Minutes Released: March 16, 1925 |
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| ~Cast~ Joe Weber ... Henry Block Lew Fields ... Carl Pfeiffer Eugenie Besserer ... Mrs. Marie Pfeiffer Virginia Brown Faire ... June Block Jack Mulhall ... William Pfeiffer Fred Kelsey ... Adolph Stuart Holmes ... Miller Lucille Lee Stewart ... Hilda Schwartz Nora Hayden ... Nora Jules Hanft ... Frederick Schnitzler Johnny Fox ... Messenger boy Edward Porter ... Naval officer |
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