The Goldfish

{{short description|1924 American silent film by Jerome Storm}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Goldfish | image = The Goldfish (1924) - 2.jpg | caption = Advertisement | director = Jerome Storm | producer = Joseph M. Schenck | writer = C. Gardner Sullivan | based_on = {{basedon|''The Goldfish''|Gladys Unger}} | starring = Constance Talmadge<br>Jack Mulhall<br>Frank Elliott | music = | editing = | cinematography = Ray Binger | studio = Constance Talmadge Film Company | distributor = First National Pictures | released = {{Film date|1924|03|30}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Goldfish''''' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Jerome Storm and starring Constance Talmadge, Jack Mulhall, and Frank Elliott.<ref>Munden p. 305</ref><ref>[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Goldfish1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Goldfish] at silentera.com</ref>

==Plot== As described in a film magazine review,<ref name="ETR">{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: ''The Goldfish'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=32 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=3 May 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n619/mode/1up |accessdate=23 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Jennie Wetherby and her husband Jimmy agree that if they tire of wedded life, she or he will hand the other a bowl of goldfish, signifying that their marital partnership is ended. They quarrel and Jimmy carries out the threat, giving Jenny a bowl of goldfish. Won by Herman Krauss, Jenny gives him the goldfish in favor of millionaire J. Hamilton Powers. The latter dies, leaving her a wealthy widow. She is about to wed the Duke of Middlesex, when Krauss brings the old sweethearts together again. The Duke gets the goldfish and Jimmy and Jenny are reunited.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Constance Talmadge as Jennie Wetherby * Jack Mulhall as Jimmy Wetherby * Frank Elliott as Duke of Middlesex * Jean Hersholt as Herman Krauss * ZaSu Pitts as Amelia Pugsley * Edward Connelly as Count Nevski * William Conklin as J. Hamilton Powers * Leo White as Casmir * Nellie Bly Baker as Ellen * Kate Lester as Mrs. Bellmore * Eric Mayne as The Prince * William Wellesley as Mr. Crane * Jacqueline Gadsdon as Helen Crane * Percy Williams as Wilton * John Patrick as Reporter }}

==Preservation== An incomplete copy of ''The Goldfish'' is held by the Library of Congress.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1881/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Goldfish'']</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links== {{commons category|The Goldfish}} * {{IMDb title|0014952}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20221123205303/https://silenthollywood.com/thegoldfish1924.html Still] at silenthollywood.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldfish}} Category:1924 films Category:1924 comedy films Category:American silent comedy films Category:Films directed by Jerome Storm Category:American silent feature films Category:1924 English-language films Category:First National Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1924 American films Category:English-language comedy films