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Soul Mates is a surviving 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway, based on the 1911 novel The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn.[1][2] The movie was the second successful collaboration between Glyn and Conway.[3]

Soul Mates
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Directed by	Jack Conway
Written by	Joseph Farnham Carey Wilson
Based on	The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn
Starring	Aileen Pringle
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	James C. McKay
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 20, 1925 (1925-12-20)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The film's sets were designed by the art director James Basevi.

Plot

Velma is a good little rich girl whose indomitable uncle orders her to wed Lord Tancred, a man she has never met. The same day, she becomes infatuated by a man she meets on the street, not knowing that it is Lord Tancred. When she finds out about his true identity, she becomes convinced he wants to marry her for monetary reasons. She feels betrayed and refuses to speak to him, until she makes an unusual discovery.[4]

Cast

• Aileen Pringle as Velma
• Edmund Lowe as Lord Tancred
• Phillips Smalley as Markrute
• Tony D'Algy as Velma's brother
• Edythe Chapman as Tancred's mother
• Mary Hawes as Velma's maid
• Catherine Bennett as Dolly
• Lucien Littlefield as Stevens
• Ned Sparks as Tancred's chauffeur

Preservation status

Soul Mates was saved by MGM with a preservation print, probably at the George Eastman House.[5]

References

External links

• Soul Mates at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still at silenthollywood.com

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