# The Goldfish

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{{short description|1924 American silent film by Jerome Storm}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Goldfish
| image          = The Goldfish (1924) - 2.jpg
 
| caption        = Advertisement
| director       = [Jerome Storm](/source/Jerome_Storm) 
| producer       = [Joseph M. Schenck](/source/Joseph_M._Schenck)
| writer         = [C. Gardner Sullivan](/source/C._Gardner_Sullivan) 
| based_on       = {{basedon|''The Goldfish''|[Gladys Unger](/source/Gladys_Unger)}}
| starring       = [Constance Talmadge](/source/Constance_Talmadge)<br>[Jack Mulhall](/source/Jack_Mulhall)<br>[Frank Elliott](/source/Frank_Elliott_(actor))
| music          = 
| editing        = 
| cinematography = [Ray Binger](/source/Ray_Binger)
| studio         = Constance Talmadge Film Company 
| distributor    = [First National Pictures](/source/First_National_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1924|03|30}}
| runtime        = 70 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         =  
| gross          =
}}
'''''The Goldfish''''' is a 1924 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [Jerome Storm](/source/Jerome_Storm) and starring [Constance Talmadge](/source/Constance_Talmadge), [Jack Mulhall](/source/Jack_Mulhall), and [Frank Elliott](/source/Frank_Elliott_(actor)).<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](/source/Constance_Talmadge) as Jennie Wetherby
* [Jack Mulhall](/source/Jack_Mulhall) as Jimmy Wetherby 
* [Frank Elliott](/source/Frank_Elliott_(actor)) as Duke of Middlesex 
* [Jean Hersholt](/source/Jean_Hersholt) as Herman Krauss 
* [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts) as Amelia Pugsley 
* [Edward Connelly](/source/Edward_Connelly) as Count Nevski 
* [William Conklin](/source/William_Conklin) as J. Hamilton Powers 
* [Leo White](/source/Leo_White) as Casmir 
* [Nellie Bly Baker](/source/Nellie_Bly_Baker) as Ellen 
* [Kate Lester](/source/Kate_Lester) as Mrs. Bellmore 
* [Eric Mayne](/source/Eric_Mayne) as The Prince 
* [William Wellesley](/source/William_Wellesley) as Mr. Crane 
* [Jacqueline Gadsdon](/source/Jacqueline_Gadsdon) as Helen Crane 
* [Percy Williams](/source/Percy_Williams_(actor)) as Wilton 
* [John Patrick](/source/John_Patrick_(actor)) as Reporter
}}

==Preservation==
An incomplete copy of ''The Goldfish'' is held by the [Library of Congress](/source/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

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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

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