''Souls for Sables'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by James C. McKay and starring

Claire Windsor Claire Windsor (born Clara Viola Cronk; April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent screen era. Early life Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk (nicknamed "Ola") in 1892 in Marvin (later known as Glade), Kans ...

. It was produced and released by

Tiffany Pictures Tiffany Pictures, which also became Tiffany-Stahl Productions for a time, was a Hollywood motion picture studio in operation from 1921 until 1932. It is considered a Poverty Row studio, whose films had lower budgets, lesser-known stars, and overa ...

.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: ''Souls for Sables''
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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, Fred Garlan is devoted to his wife Alice but has little time and not too much money to lavish on her. She seeks diversion outside her home and finds it in a crowd of fast people that includes Esther Hamilton and Harrison Morrill. Alice does not know the evil in Morrell or Esther's life of deception regarding her husband. She admires Esther's

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coat and expresses a desire to have one like it. Morrill contrives so that Alice obtains enough money through winning at poker and speculation to buy herself a sable coat. The husband is suspicious as he believes Morrill bought the coat and he and his wife separate. However, there is a reconciliation, after which Alice is satisfied with her home and life.

Cast

Preservation

A print of ''Souls for Sables'' is in the

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collection,

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, and

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.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 171, c.1978 by The American Film Institution

References

External links

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Lobby cards and stills
at Claire Windsor website 1925 films American silent feature films Tiffany Pictures films American black-and-white films Films directed by James C. McKay 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub