The Mad Whirl – Silent (1925)

Description

The Mad Whirl is a 1925 American jazz age black-and-white silent drama film about the “loosening of youth morals” that took place during the 1920s. Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Lewis Milestone, and directed by William A. Seiter for Universal Pictures, the film stars May McAvoy and Jack Mulhall. The film was released during the Prohibition era when the sale of alcoholic drinks in the United States was banned.

Cast:

• May McAvoy as Cathleen Gillis
• Jack Mulhall as Jack Herrington
• Myrtle Stedman as Gladys Herrington
• Barbara Bedford as Margie Taylor
• Alec B. Francis as John Herrington
• Ward Crane as Benny Kingsley
• George Fawcett as Martin Gillis
• Marie Astaire as Julia Carling
• Joseph Singleton as Spivens
• With Betty Allen, Charles King, Ellison Manners, William H. O’Brien, Rolfe Sedan, and Grady Sutton.