Wine (1924 film)
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Wine | |
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Directed by | Louis J. Gasnier |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Written by | Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation) |
Screenplay by |
Philip Lonergan Eve Unsell |
Based on |
Wine by William Briggs MacHarg |
Starring |
Clara Bow Forrest Stanley Myrtle Stedman Huntley Gordon |
Cinematography | John Stumar |
Editing by | Harold McLernon |
Distributed by | Universal Jewel |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent English intertitles |
Wine was a 1924 American silent melodrama directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced and released by Universal Pictures under their 'Jewel' banner.[1] The film featured Clara Bow in her first starring role. The film is now presumed lost.[2]
Synopsis
Set during the Prohibition Era, Wine exposes the widespread liquor traffic in the upper-classes. Bow portrays an innocent girl who develops into a "wild redhot mama".[3]
Cast
- Clara Bow as Angela Warriner
- Forrest Stanley as Carl Graham
- Huntley Gordon as John Warriner
- Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Warriner
- Robert Agnew as Harry Van Alstyne
- Walter Long as Benedict, Count Montebello
- Arthur Thalasso as Amoti
- Walter Shumway as Revenue officer
- Grace Carlyle as Mrs. Bruce Corwin
- Leo White as The Duke
Reviews
- "If not taken as information, it is cracking good entertainment", Carl Sandburg reviewed September 29.[4]
- "Don’t miss Wine. It’s a thoroughly refreshing draught ... there are only about five actresses who give me a real thrill on the screen – and Clara is nearly five of them", Grace Kingsley in The Los Angeles Times August 24.
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