Love's Whirlpool is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Bruce Mitchell and starring James Kirkwood and Lila Lee.

[1][2] Hardened criminal Jim Reagan (James Kirkwood) tries to persuade his adolescent brother, Larry (Robert Agnew), to abandon their life of crime.

Rather than heeding Jim's warning, Larry arrested when he tries to rob a banker named Richard Milton (Edward Martindel).

Their mutual devotion to the dead boy and their love of each other is revived by Larry's memory, and Molly and Jim return to a life of good citizenship.

[3][4] Publicity for Love's Whirlpool claimed that the film was based on a novel by Martha Lord entitled The Inner Sight, but there is no evidence that such a book was ever published.

To capitalize on society's wider interest in spiritualism after World War I, W.W. Hodkinson Distribution offer the following advice to theater managers: Drape a booth in black and set it in your lobby.

The reviewer for the New York Times called Love's Whirlpool "a bad picture which is interesting" and was amused by the director's willingness to abandon any sense of realism:He [Bruce Mitchell] nonchalantly places his puppets where it meets his convenience, regardless whether the incident or situation is plausible.

"[4]Sidne Silverman (writing under the pseudonym "Skig") of Variety thought the film would find an audience, but was critical of Mitchell's direction—particularly in the use of yet another rooftop chase.

Brenon also thought the film was a poor vehicle for Kirkwood and Lee's obvious onscreen chemistry, while panning Madge Bellamy's portrayal of Nadine.