The Furies (Lost 1930 Film)

Lois Wilson is an actress whom a majority of the films she was in are either lost, incomplete, or were lost, but found. One of these films was a 1930 film made during the Pre-Code era. An time between the introduction of sound with the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, and the invention of the Hays Code Censorship Guidelines. The Said Film from this era, was The Furies. Even though the film is lost, there have been summaries, and cast information provided by Private Film Collectors who own copies of The Furies. According to reports in 2005, the said copies have began to deteriorate. It was about Fifi Sands (Lois Wilson). A woman who is married to a millionaire named Mr. Sands, who constantly cheats on his wife. However, because of these affairs, she falls in love with a man named Owen McDonald (Theodore von Eltz), and asks her husband for a divorce, and refuses everytime she asks. Then, Oliver Bedlow (H.B. Warner), who is Mr. Sands' Lawyer, managed to prevent Fifi from divorcing her husband for a long period of time. Then, one night at a Dinner Party hosted by a man named Smith (Tyler Brooke), Fifi announces that Mr. Sands had finally allowed her to divorce him. McDonald, however, is disappointed that she didn't ask for a settlement, or an alibony. Later on in the evening, Fifi's son, Alan Sands (Bryon Sage) discovers that his father is dead, and was poisoned. After the Dinner Party, Alan then accuses McDonald for the murder, calling him a "penniless fortune-hunter", and also chatises his own mother for apparently covering him. Then, the family doctor Dr. Cummings (Alan Birmingham), is accused of the murder because of his strange interest in Fifi. Interestingly, Fifi herself is accused because she apparently looked distraught during the Dinner Party. At first, Fifi starts an argument with Oliver, then orders him out of the house. Later on though, she begs him to help her. He's hesitant at first, but when she reveals she isn't in love with Owen McDonald, he locks the door to his apartment, and begins to discuss the case with her. Then, Mr. Sands' Loyal Assistants are coached by Oliver, but they are unable to remember their lines he instructed them to say. Then, during a serious interrogation with the suspects, Oliver goes into a breakdown, and confesses to the crime, while at the same time, confessing his love to Fifi. Fifi rejects him however, and Oliver kills himself by jumping out of a window. Other known cast info includes Oliver's Butler (Ben Hendricks Jr.), the District Attourney (Purnell Pratt), and Bennett (Carl Stockdale). Only two posters, and one photograph are known to have survived. However, it is speculated that the soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone disks, may survive in the hands of Private Film Collectors.

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