Fifty-Fifty on AllMovie

A lesser Norma Talmadge potboiler, Fifty-Fifty is high on melodrama and low on reality. Talmadge plays Naomi, an upstanding, domestic young woman whose husband (J.W. Johnston) is distracted by a vamp (Marie Chambers). Because of a number of farfetched twists and turns, the long-suffering Naomi must lie about the parentage of her child in order to retain custody. A kindhearted judge and a recently released inmate from Sing-Sing help the husband see the error of his ways. Only an able cast and director (Allan Dwan) were able to lend a level of cohesiveness to this absurd movie.